Adding new pill could help incurable blood cancer patients live well for longer

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By Storm Newton, PA Media

Adding a new once-daily pill to a combination of drugs already used on the NHS could help patients with a with an incurable blood cancer live longer without the disease getting worse, according to researchers.

A trial found that patients on the triplet therapy – which included the new treatment mezigdomide – lived more than twice as long without their cancer progressing.