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Breast Cancer
Overall Approximately 3 Million Women in the US Are Living With Breast Cancer
May 1st, 2007
Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Breast Cancer Drug Pipeline Update 2007" to their offering. Overall approximately 3 million women in the US are living with breast cancer. But, even with an increasing incidence, the mortality rate has dropped slightly during the last 10-15 years. The most dramatic decrease is seen in younger patients that are younger than 50 years. In the past decade the regulatory authorities in US have approved five hormone-based therapies (Faslodex, Femara, Aromasin, Nolvadex and Arimidex), two chemotherapies (Xeloda and Taxotere) and one monoclonal antibody (Herceptin) as a...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2007-05-01)
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