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.