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Breast Cancer in MenFDA Approves First PI3K Inhibitor for Breast Cancer
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first treatment of its kind for a certain type of breast cancer caused by an inherited genetic mutation. Piqray (alpelisib) is a targeted therapy called a PI3K inhibitor.
FDA Approves Consumer Test for Certain BRCA Mutations
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first direct-to-consumer tests for certain BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations.
FDA Approves First Drug Specifically for BRCA-mutated Breast Cancer
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has for the first time approved a treatment specifically for a type of breast cancer caused by a mutated BRCA gene: Lynparza (olaparib).
Cancer Facts and Figures: Death Rate Down 25% Since 1991
The death rate from cancer in the US has declined steadily over the past 2 decades, according to annual statistics reporting from the American Cancer Society.
World Health Organization Links 8 More Cancer Types to Excess Weight
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organization, has added 8 types of cancer to those it had previously linked to being overweight or obese.