GossipQueen
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Thousands of young lives could be saved every year with a new breast cancer treatment.
Trials show horomone therapy drugs designed for men with prostate cancer are as effective as chemotherapy and will not leave women infertile.
Scientists believe the drugs, known as luteinising-hormone-releasing-hormone (LHRH) agonists, may combat breast cancer by restricting the growth of oestrogen which stimulates breast cancer.
Research published in The Lancet shows that using LHRH agonists on top of normal chemotherapy or tamoxifen to treat women with hormone-sensitive breast cancer can provide an additional benefit.
Recurrence of breast cancer is reduced by almost 13 per cent and death after recurrence by 15 per cent.
http://www.itv.com/news/britain_6ffdf075a2...4f6707094f.html
Trials show horomone therapy drugs designed for men with prostate cancer are as effective as chemotherapy and will not leave women infertile.
Scientists believe the drugs, known as luteinising-hormone-releasing-hormone (LHRH) agonists, may combat breast cancer by restricting the growth of oestrogen which stimulates breast cancer.
Research published in The Lancet shows that using LHRH agonists on top of normal chemotherapy or tamoxifen to treat women with hormone-sensitive breast cancer can provide an additional benefit.
Recurrence of breast cancer is reduced by almost 13 per cent and death after recurrence by 15 per cent.
http://www.itv.com/news/britain_6ffdf075a2...4f6707094f.html