more women with breast cancer treated with a bisphosphonate
September 1998
You'll see more women with breast cancer treated with a bisphosphonate...Aredia (pamidronate), Fosamax (alendronate), etc.
Surprising new research suggests these drugs reduce metastasis to the bone and other organs...and prolong survival.
Bisphosphonates seem to slow tumour growth in the bone...and therefore, prevent metastases to other organs.
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