Saturday, December 13, 2008

News from San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2008

http://media.curetoday.com/htmlemail/sabcs/
(Be sure to check out all 3 Days of updates!)

Something to take note of: Zometa, a bisphosphonate that is used to prevent bone loss, has been found to have positive effects on preventing cancer-recurrence.

Article in the Washington Post (Dec. 11, 2008) also mentions benefit to pre-menopausal women:

"In June, doctors were stunned when a big study found that Zometa _ given to prevent bone loss caused by certain cancer treatments _ also greatly cut the risk that cancer would recur in women who developed the disease before menopause"

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