New breast cancer treatment: Researchers say it could help one-third of patients
May 17, 2011 by MassDevice staff
New research suggests stimulating patients' white blood cell counts might make the difference for nearly one-third of women with breast cancer.
MASSDEVICE ON CALL | Australian researchers identified how Herceptin (trastuzumab), a common and very costly breast cancer treatment, works so well for 20 to 30 percent of patients.
A specific human growth protein is over-expressed and causes cancer cells to spread in those patients. Herceptin blocks the growth protein; the researchers found that it also stimulates the production of interferon proteins by the immune system in mice.
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