Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2022
New injectable immunotherapy treatment for rare form of triple negative breast cancer recommended by NICE
25 May 2022 - An estimated 100 people per year with triple negative breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body may soon benefit from pembrolizumab in combination with chemotherapy (paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel) following the final draft recommendation from NICE.
Pembrolizumab is used with chemotherapy in adults with triple negative breast cancer whose tumours express PD-L1 with a combined positive score (CPS - the number of PD-L1 positive cells in relation to tumour cells) greater than or equal to 10 who have not had chemotherapy for metastatic disease and where surgery to remove the tumour is not possible.
