New Breast Cancer Drug Seen As Medical Breakthrough
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Arimidex has been shown to reduce the recurrence of breast cancer in women better than tamoxifen, the standard breast cancer therapy for postmenopausal women.
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A newer drug prevented far more breast cancers from recurring in older women than the old standby tamoxifen and with far fewer side effects, doctors said Wednesday, citing a new study.
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A new technology that counts cancer cells in the blood helps predict the success of breast cancer treatments more quickly and more reliably than established methods, researchers reported.
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A new drug clearly outperforms tamoxifen at preventing breast cancer from returning and should become the first-choice treatment for most women who have reported the disease, doctors are reporting.
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Scientists have identified a way of tackling hard-to-treat breast cancers.
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Description: Researchers meeting in San Antonio are reporting promising results about a new genetic test that can predict which breast cancer patients will benefit from chemotherapy.
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THE REPORT: Doctors are reporting that a new breast cancer drug outperforms the tried-and-true tamoxifen at preventing the disease from recurring.
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A drug can treat  menopausal symptoms among women on tamoxifen therapy for breast cancer, say scientists.
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Scientists in Britain have identified a  genetic mutation involved in certain types of lung cancer and  said the breast cancer drug Herceptin might work in patients  who have it.
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LONDON - Arimidex, one of a new class of breast cancer drugs, has clearly beaten standard treatment tamoxifen at preventing breast cancer from returning in a 5-year study, researchers said on Wednesday.
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An experimental new treatment developed in Toronto could be big news for women battling early stage breast cancer. It&#39;s a one-shot dose of radiation that literally treats breast cancer from the inside out.
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Older women with early breast cancer should take a new drug to cut the chance of the disease returning and spreading, it is claimed.
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A drug that helps the immune system attack lung cancer cells may improve survival time.
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A newer drug called anastrozole could replace tamoxifen as the standard drug for postmenopausal breast cancer patients whose cancer is fueled by estrogen, a new study finds.
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Scientists discover a new protein they believe could help develop much more effective medicines.
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NEW YORK  - In women who've been treated  for breast cancer, use of the drug tamoxifen can help prevent  recurrence of the disease. Now, new research indicates that the  drug works equally well in black and white women.
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A drug currently used against advanced breast cancer may provide better protection against recurrence or spreading than standard medication for post-menopausal women who have been treated for early forms of the disease, Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG and independent researchers said Wednesday.