Less-toxic Drug Prolongs Survival In Metastatic Breast Cancer

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 13:21 in Health & Medicine

A less toxic, solvent-free chemotherapy drug more effectively prevents the progression of metastatic breast cancer and has fewer side effects than a commonly used solvent-based drug. Abraxane prolonged progression-free survival by almost seven months compared with Taxotere, which is part of a class of solvent-based drugs called taxanes.

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