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Drug combo benefits early-stage breast cancer

Originally published: December 10, 2010 9:10 PM
Updated: December 10, 2010 9:24 PM
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE. The Associated Press  

SAN ANTONIO - New drug combinations are helping women with early breast cancer. Using two drugs that more precisely target tumors doubled the number of women whose cancer disappeared compared with those who had only one of the drugs, doctors reported Friday.

It was the first test of Herceptin and Tykerb together for early-stage disease. They aim at a protein called HER-2 that is overproduced...

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