A mother-of-two given just nine months to live after her aggressive cancer spread throughout her body is still alive six years later because of a series of groundbreaking drugs. Her only option was to try a brand new drug – vemurafenib – which had not yet then been approved in the UK. It is a targeted cancer drug (biological therapy) and is also known by its brand name Zelboraf. It is a treatment for some people with melanoma skin cancer as well as non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and Hodgkin lymphoma. They are given to treat melanoma that has spread to other parts of the body or cannot be removed with surgery.

Source: Daily Mail January 31, 2018 13:21 UTC