A drug that attacks the most advanced form of aggressive breast cancer in two ways has been created by scientists.
The combo of the wonder drug Herceptin with another used in chemotherapy could provide extra months to live to thousands of women, reports The Daily Express.
Breast Cancer - Causes, Risks, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Staging, Treatment, Prevention & Prognosis
Breast cancer is a cancer that affects the breasts or mammary glands. Early detection and lifestyle changes help in controlling breast cancer.
Breast cancer is a cancer that affects the breasts or mammary glands. Early detection and lifestyle changes help in controlling breast cancer.
The dual-hit, which acts like a Trojan horse, not only takes Herceptin's antibody treatment directly into cancer cells, targeting the HER2 genes that cause growth, but the chemotherapy attacks the cells.
In final results from a trial of the combined drug, trastuzumab-DM1, on 112 women, a quarter saw their tumour shrink by at least 30 per cent.
About Cancer in Women
Cancer is one of the frequently talked about and most feared disease that falls under the genre of lifestyle diseases that have evolved, rather rapidly, in the past two decades.
Cancer is one of the frequently talked about and most feared disease that falls under the genre of lifestyle diseases that have evolved, rather rapidly, in the past two decades.
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Breast Self Examination
Slides and animation of Breast Self Examination for early detection of breast cancer lumps in women
Slides and animation of Breast Self Examination for early detection of breast cancer lumps in women
Environmental Factors Linked to Increased Risk of Breast Cancer
Environmental factors can increase the risk of breast cancer at various periods of women’s physical development, beginning before birth and extending until menopause.
Environmental factors can increase the risk of breast cancer at various periods of women’s physical development, beginning before birth and extending until menopause.
