Drug for desmoid tumours

Country

United States

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug for the treatment of desmoid tumours, a rare subtype of soft tissue sarcoma. Desmoid tumours are non-cancerous and typically treated with surgery, but not all patients are eligible for this procedure. And even when surgery is an option there is a risk that the tumours will return, affecting a person’s quality of life, according to the FDA.