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Ireland Cancer Center researcher finds most triple-negative breast cancers express muc-1 target
Date:12/12/2008

5 percent of newly diagnosed early stage breast cancer. Most triple negative tumors are high grade and have a high incidence of recurrence and metastases (spreading to other organs). Unlike other types of breast cancer, there is no standard follow-up treatment for triple negative breast cancer to prevent recurrence.

"This is an important study because there has traditionally been nothing to offer women with triple negative breast cancer beyond standard therapy," says Stanton Gerson, MD, Director of the Ireland Cancer Center. "This vaccine trial has the potential to lay the groundwork for a new standard of care for women with this aggressive form of breast cancer."


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Contact: Alicia Reale
alicia.reale@UHhospitals.org
216-844-5158
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Source:Eurekalert

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