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Etcamah Approval
Etcamah Approval (10 Cancer Treatment Approvals From September 2026 and What They Mean for You · 1. Etcamah for ESR1-Mutated Breast Cancer) — "Etcamah (camizes…
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- Etcamah (camizestrant) in advanced breast cancer
- It is taken with a CDK4/6 inhibitor.
- It is for HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.
- Eligibility requires a blood test finding an ESR1 mutation during first-line treatment, before scans show growth.
- The SERENA-6 trial evaluated switching treatment after this finding.
- People who switched had a median of 16 months before their cancer progressed.
- People who did not switch had a median of 9.2 months before their cancer progressed.
- CURE first covered the trial when results showed that the switch delayed progression.