Regulatory approval
Published by the Health Service Executive.
The Republic of Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has approved fulvestrant for reimbursement as a treatment option for the treatment of estrogen receptor positive, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer for disease progression on or after adjuvant anti-estrogen therapy in patients who are postmenopausal women.
This is written in the approval document as:
Treatment of postmenopausal women with oestrogen receptor positive, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer for disease progression on or after adjuvant anti-oestrogen therapy.
Citation
Fulvestrant Therapy, 2020, version number 3, NCCP National SACT Regimen, NCCP, viewed 21/07/2024, https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/5/cancer/profinfo/chemoprotocols/breast/361.pdfTherapeutic response
Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.| Type | Biomarker(s) | Cancer type | Therapy(ies) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sensitivity (+) | ER negative | Invasive Breast Carcinoma | Fulvestrant |