{"id":135229,"date":"2025-09-13T19:27:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T19:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/135229\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T19:27:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T19:27:29","slug":"two-cancer-treatments-approved-for-use-by-nhs-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/135229\/","title":{"rendered":"Two cancer treatments approved for use by NHS Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) &#8211; who advises on newly licensed medicines for use by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/topics\/nhs-scotland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NHS Scotland<\/a> &#8211; has accepted Blinatumomab (also known as Blincyto) for treating adults with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a rare and aggressive form of leukaemia.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Rucaparib (also known as Rubraca) was also accepted for use as a maintenance treatment for adults with advanced ovarian cancer, following first-line chemotherapy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25452908.investigation-launched-following-incident-near-glasgow\/?rel=cl_mra\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Investigation launched following incident near Glasgow<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dr Scott Muir, SMC chairman\u00a0said: &#8220;The committee is pleased to be able to accept these new medicines for use by NHS Scotland.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Blinatumomab, used in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, reduces the risk of relapse and is expected to improve survival, giving patients extra time with their loved ones.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Rucaparib will provide another treatment option for patients with advanced ovarian cancer.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/25380970.three-new-cancer-drugs-approved-use-nhs-scotland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Three new cancer drugs approved for use for NHS Scotland<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It follows the approval of three new cancer treatments by the NHS in Scotland last month.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The SMC approved the drug brentuximab vedotin, also known as Adcetris, which can be used\u00a0together with chemotherapy as a first-line treatment for adult patients with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma \u2013 an uncommon cancer that develops in the lymphatic system.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    Meanwhile, zanubrutinib, also known as Brukinsa, was accepted to treat adults with mantle cell lymphoma \u2013 a rare type of the blood cancer non-Hodgkin lymphoma.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    Ripretinib \u2013 also known as Qinlock \u2013 was also accepted to treat adults with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumours, which are a rare type of cancer of the digestive system.\n  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) &#8211; who advises on newly licensed medicines for use by NHS Scotland &#8211;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-135229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}