Guest guest Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Breast Cancer Drug Could Halt Prostate Cancer Monday, May 16, 2005 A new study gives encouraging signs that a hormonal drug used to fight breast cancer might help prevent abnormal prostate growths (search) from turning into cancers. Men who took low doses of the drug toremifene (search) for a year cut their chances of developing prostate cancer (search) roughly in half, doctors reported Saturday at meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The findings need to be tested in larger studies, specialists say. But this is the first time any drug has been shown to prevent a precancerous condition from forming a tumor. For entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,156646,00.html Kathy Meade Arlington Educational Consulting http://www.vapcacoalition.org/ phone fax If you always do what you always did, Then you'll always get what you always got! ! Moms Mabely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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