Saw this on MSN home page: Fewer Side Effects Kimberly Blackwell, M.D., director of the breast cancer program at the Duke Cancer Institute in Durham, North Carolina, is researching a targeted drug called T-DM1, which delivers chemo directly to cancer cells. Patients wont lose their hair or experience nausea or fatigue, she says. Meanwhile, Helena R. Chang, M.D., director of the Revlon/UCLA Breast Center in Los Angeles, is studying a new procedure that allows doctors to deliver radiation during lumpectomies, inside the cavity where tumors once grew, which may lessen side effects. This eliminates the need for the standard five to six weeks of daily, whole-breast radiation, Dr. Chang says.
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 19:44:30 +0000
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