Cancer Therapy
New research in the area of cancer therapy detailed
Published in Cancer Weekly, April 4th, 2006
Study 1: Premature menopause may be averted with goserelin given before and during chemotherapy.
"Standard methods to prevent chemotherapy-induced early menopause in young breast cancer patients are unavailable to date. Preclinical data has suggested that luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) analogs given during treatment can decrease the gonado-toxicity induced by chemotherapy," scientists at the National Cancer Research Institute in Italy revealed.
L. Del Mastro and colleagues wrote, "This phase II study aimed to assess the...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-04-04)
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