Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2021
People with advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer to get life-extending treatment
30 September 2021 - Around 130 people per year with untreated locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer will be eligible for a new life-extending treatment after NICE published final draft guidance today recommending atezolizumab.
Atezolizumab (Tecentriq; Roche) has been recommended by NICE for people whose tumour expresses PD-L1 (a protein which prevents the body’s immune system killing the cancer cells) at a level of 5% of more and when platinum-containing chemotherapy is unsuitable.
