Drug Remarkably Effective Against Early Breast Cancer; the Breakthrough has Doctors Talking About Curing Thousands of Women Each Year in the U.S. Alone

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A drug that targets only diseased cells has proved astonishingly effective against an aggressive form of early breast cancer - a long- sought breakthrough that has doctors talking about curing thousands of women each year in this country alone.

The drug, Herceptin, is already used for advanced cancer. But in three studies involving thousands of women with early-stage disease, it cut the risk of a relapse in half.

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Drug Remarkably Effective Against Early Breast Cancer; the Breakthrough has Doctors Talking About Curing Thousands of Women Each Year in the U.S. Alone

Several experts used words like "revolutionary," "stunning" and "jaw-dropping" to describe the findings.

"In 1991, I didn't know that we would cure breast cancer, and in 2005, I'm convinced we have," exulted Dr. Jo Anne Zuje...

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