March 17, 2000
Breast-Cancer Study Has Disappointing Results
A breast-cancer treatment previously thought to be promising is not effective, according to a study published March 3 on the Web site of The New England Journal of Medicine.
The treatment, aggressive chemotherapy combined with bone-marrow transplantation, had been thought to have the potential to treat metastatic breast cancer, a type that has spread to other parts of the body. Less than 5 percent of women who have metastatic breast cancer live for 10 years
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