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BREAST CANCER DRUG IS EFFECTIVE STUDIES FIND HERCEPTIN WORKS WELL AGAINST CERTAIN TYPE OF BREAST CANCER.(FRONT)

Byline: JEFF DONN Associated Press

A drug that targets only diseased cells has proved astonishingly effective against an aggressive form of early breast cancer -- a long-sought breakthrough that has doctors talking about curing thousands of women each year in this country alone.

The drug, Herceptin, is already used for advanced cancer. But in three studies involving thousands of women with early-stage disease, it cut the risk of a relapse in half.

Several experts used words like "revolutionary," "stunning" and "jaw-dropping" to describe the findings.

Dr. Jo Anne Zujewski, head of breast cancer therapeutics at the government's National Cancer Institute, said ...

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