'Game-changing' drug that slows incurable breast cancer approved for NHS

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Professor Nicholas Turner, from the Institute of Cancer Research, tells Sky News that capivasertib is a "great success story for British science", adding: "It doubles how long hormone therapy treatment works for, giving patients precious extra time with their families."

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