New breast cancer hope
A TRUCK carrying 26 tonnes of cement dust rolled on the corner of Pettavel Rd and the Princes Highway at Waurn Ponds yesterday. A COMBINATION therapy halting cancer growth for twice as long in women with the most common type of advanced breast cancer, is being tested for early stage cancer in a bid to save more lives.
A new class of drug that works to stop cancer, called CDK4 and CDK6 inhibitors, has consistently shown it can double the effect of common anti-hormone treatments, delaying tumour growth from 10 months to 20 months.
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Epworth medical oncologist Richard de Boer, said the inhibitors had become the “most discussed and most exciting” topic at international breast cancer conferences as results from the three large clinical trials were released.
Dr de Boer said while antihormone treatments were effective at preventing or delaying the return of cancer in women with advanced hormone driven breast cancer, having a side-effect-free tablet that could delay more intensive treatment was “exciting”. was a factor,” he said.
“But the driver’s not hurt, he’s certainly shaken up but he managed to get himself out and is walking around now talking to the ambos.”
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The tablets Palbociclib, Ribociclib and Abemaciclib work differently to hormone treatments by instead turning off cancer’s out-of-control cell growth.
Victorian women were among those who accessed these treatments as part of international phase III trials, but now they must rely on cost-sharing arrangements or expected to take hours, with police estimating the westbound lanes of the highway could remain closed late into last night.
Sgt Radford urged motorists to take care on the roads. compassionate access while they are considered for government subsidy.
The trials will be discussed at a free metastatic breast cancer forum today hosted by Breast Cancer Network Australia in Melbourne for patients and their families.
Following the combination success in advanced cancer, it will now be tested in Victorian
“It’s probably just a reminder for everyone just to slow down and take your time to get where you’re going rather than have something that’s just gone on right now,” he said. women with early stage HER 2 negative and HR positive breast cancer.
“When a cancer grows back, you’ve got to look at a new treatment,” Dr de Boer said.
“The idea that you might be able to arrest the cancer and stop it in its tracks for one to three years in advanced patients, and stop it in early stage women, is exciting.”