New Cancer Drug Is So Effective Against Tumors, the FDA Approved It Immediately

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  1. Lerner

    Lerner Well-Known Member

    Lerner, Jun 10, 2017
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  2. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Normally my go-to source for this sort of news isn't Yahoo! Oncology, but I've heard of this in other places too and it does sound remarkable!
     
    SteveFoerster, Jun 11, 2017
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  3. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    I've read about that before. Great news!
     
    Abner, Jun 11, 2017
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  4. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    This is old (but interesting) information.

    The FDA "breakthrough" approval was granted nearly three years ago, September 2014. The cost of the medicine then was about $3,000 a month.

    Three years later, of the original test patients, 60% have died (Keytruda Raises Hope of Conquering Advanced Melanoma) . . . which means 40% are still alive, which is still encouraging.

    John Bear
    More than passing interest
     
    John Bear, Jun 11, 2017
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