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Clinical trial shows benefit of new approach for metastatic breast cancer


March 26, 2014

Drs. Mark Clemons and Christina Addison have just published a study examining the effectiveness of using drugs called bisphosphonates, which reduce pain and skeletal complications in patients whose breast cancer has spread to the bone. This Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation-funded clinical trial involved 71 eligible patients from Ottawa and showed that patients could be safely treated every 3 months instead of every month as is the current standard. The benefits for these women suffering from breast cancer included fewer treatments, fewer trips to the cancer centre and less toxicity. This approach also resulted in direct and indirect cost savings for the health-care system. You can read the full study in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.

Funders: Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and Government of Ontario

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