According to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the county. On a positive note, thanks to improved therapies more women are surviving this dreaded disease. These survivors strive to return to life as it was before they were stricken. A new study has…
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New Breast Cancer Drug Doubles Progression Free Survival Time
Breast cancer researchers from the Revlon/UCLA Women’s Cancer Research Program at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) have concluded clinical trials on a promising now drug to combat estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer. They announced their findings on April 7 at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2014, which is being…