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Early animal research into blocking breast cancer
"'An injection that prevents breast cancer is being developed by scientists," is the news on the Mail Online website.
This news seems a heartening way to start the year, but a caveat is that the research is in the very early stages – as yet only tested in mice.
The researchers were interested in a type of breast cancer known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
In DCIS the cancerous cells are contained within the ducts in the breast, and not spread to other breast tissue. The problem with DCIS is that it is currently impossible to predict whether the cancer will remain inside the duct (so will not require tr...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 2, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer Source Type: news
