A drug of a class commonly used to combat bone loss may reduce by a third the chance that some breast cancers will spread or recur, a large study has found.
Bone Drugs May Help Fight Breast Cancer
By GINA KOLATA
Published: February 11, 2009 NY TimesStudy Suggests Some Cancers May Go Away
NY Times 11/25/2008Cancer researchers have known for years that it was possible in rare cases for some cancers to go away on their own.
There were occasional instances of melanomas and kidney cancers that just vanished.
And neuroblastoma, a very rare childhood tumor, can go away without treatment.This is the most common pre-invasive breast cancer. More commonly seen now because this form is generally
seen on a mammogram and is identified by unusual calcium deposits or puckering of the
breast tissue (called stellate appearance). If left untreated, DCIS will progress to invasive breast cancer.
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(DCIS, also called intraductal carcinoma) Abnormal cancer cells that involve only the lining of milk duct.
The cells have not spread outside the duct to other tissues in the breast. It is sometimes referred to as intraductal carcinoma.
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n DCIS the cancer cells are confined to the ducts and have not invaded the surrounding tissue.
For this reason these tumors are considered curable with wide removal of the tumor and surrounding tissue. In many cases radiation will also be required. ...
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