Olaparib specifically targets cancers caused by faulty genes, like BRCA, and could be life-saving.
Hundreds of people with inherited breast or prostate cancer could now benefit from a targeted therapy on the NHS in England and Wales.
"It's given me a realistic hope, a realistic chance of a future without cancer - that I can live a long and healthy life without the cancer coming back," she said. Around 5% of women with breast cancer carry these altered genes - actress Angelina Jolie is probably the most well-known of those affected.
people with previously treated hormone-relapsed metastatic prostate cancer who have the same BRCA mutations
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