Less Toxic Treatment for Aggressive Breast Cancer, Better for the Heart

11/04/2011

For women with certain kinds of aggressive breast tumors, treatment has often come with a significant trade-off: The drugs that kill their cancer can sometimes permanently damage the heart. A new study shows that a shorter, less toxic chemotherapy regimen appears to be just as effective in women with HER-2 positive breast cancer as using a standard therapy that can be harder on the heart. VIEW FULL ARTICLE