UCLA study finds survival significantly increased in early breast cancer after treatment with Herceptin and chemotherapy:

UCLA study finds survival significantly increased in early breast cancer after treatment with Herceptin and chemotherapy: NCI Cancer Center News

Treating women with early stage breast cancer with a combination of chemotherapy and the molecularly targeted drug Herceptin significantly increases survival in patients with a specific genetic mutation that results in very aggressive disease, a researcher with UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center reported Wednesday. The study also found that a regimen without the drug Adriamycin, an anthracycline commonly used as a mainstay to treat breast cancer but one that, especially when paired with Herceptin, can cause permanent heart damage, was comparable to a regimen with Adriamycin.

Click here to read full press release from UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center .

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