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Mar 8, 2019

FDA approves 1st immunotherapy drug to treat breast cancer

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first immunotherapy drug for breast cancer.

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Swiss drugmaker Roche’s Tecentriq was OK’d Friday for treating advanced triple-negative breast cancer, which accounts for about 15 percent of cases. It’s to be given with chemotherapy, the standard treatment.

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