Breast cancer drug that costs just 4p could save lives of women at high risk of the disease

Breast cancer drug that costs just 4p could save lives of women at high risk of the disease A pill that halves the risk of breast cancer among high risk women and costs just 4p per day should be offered on the NHS, the drugs watchdog will announce.

Guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) will mean around 600,000 healthy women should be given the chance to take anastrozole.

The drug has been shown to halve the chances of developing breast cancer for high-risk post-menopausal women. The Daily Telegraph

See also:

• NHS watchdog urges doctors to offer breast cancer pill to high risk patients The Daily Mail