A study published in the journal, Science Translational Medicine, suggests that chemotherapy treatment common for victims of breast cancer may actually increase the chances of the spread of cancer and, in addition, allow tumors to “grow back stronger.” In Britain, breast cancer afflicts 55,000 women each year of whom an average of 11,000 die. A researcher from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine found that in mice given chemotherapy drugs, the amount of cancer throughout the body increased.
Key Takeaways:
- A study published in the journal Science Transitional Medicine reports that chemotherapy may prompt cancer to spread and create more aggressive tumors in the body.
- The researchers, who studied American women with breast cancer, found that these spreading cancers triggered by the chemotherapy are almost always lethal.
- Chemotherapy prior to surgery in breast cancer is an accepted therapy, as the chemo helps to shrink the tumors. This new finding suggests a re-evaluation of that approach.
“Every year, around 55,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in Britain and 11,000 die from the illness.”
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