Breast Cancer

New drugs tested for effectiveness against advanced cases of disease

Published in Cancer Weekly, December 30th, 2003

An experimental chemotherapy drug called Abraxane was more effective in treating advanced cases of breast cancer and carried fewer side effects than its widely used cousin Taxol, according to a study presented at the 26th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

In another chemotherapy-related study released December 5, 2003, the drug docetaxel - widely used for late-stage breast cancer since the mid-1990s - was found to be dramatically better at battling a common early-stage form of the disease than fluorouracil, long a standard treatment.

Research by the Breast Cancer International Research Group determined that 5 years after initial treatment,...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2003-12-30)

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