Monday, August 27, 2012

Roche drug helped breast cancer patients survive longer

Logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is pictured in RotkreuzZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG said its "armed antibody" T-DM1 drug significantly extended the lives of women with an aggressive type of breast cancer compared with those receiving the standard drug cocktail. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide, with about 1.4 million new cases diagnosed each year and more than 450,000 women dying of the disease annually, according to the World Health Organisation's International Agency for Research on Cancer. ...


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