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Article: Breast cancer hope for women at risk
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- Evening News - Scotland
- Article date:
- September 30, 2003
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WOMEN with a high risk of developing breast cancer are to be
offered a powerful new drug in Edinburgh as part of a major trial
aimed at preventing the disease.
A total of 500 women from across the region will be among 10,000
volunteers throughout the country taking part in a ten-year study of
the treatment.
The Western General Hospital is one of 20 centres across the
country taking part in trials of anastrozole, a drug proven to be the
most effective hormone treatment for breast cancer.
The drug will now be tested for the first time as a preventative
measure against the disease in worldwide trials announced today.
Researchers believe that in post-menopausal women, anastrozole could
reduce ...