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Little Benefit to Breakthrough Cancer Drugs.

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Cancer drugs approved as FDA breakthrough therapies are not necessarily better than those approved through the traditional pathway: Although breakthrough-designated cancer drugs were approved in less time, a recent study… Click to show full abstract

Cancer drugs approved as FDA breakthrough therapies are not necessarily better than those approved through the traditional pathway: Although breakthrough-designated cancer drugs were approved in less time, a recent study reported, they were not associated with gains in progression-free survival or response rates, nor were they safer or more novel than non-breakthrough-designated drugs.

Keywords: cancer drugs; benefit breakthrough; breakthrough cancer; little benefit; cancer

Journal Title: Cancer discovery
Year Published: 2018

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