Breast cancer vaccine to go on trial within a year

By doris | Published: May 30, 2010

Full Story at Telegraph.co.uk

The drug, which goes on trial within a year, has been shown to stop tumours ever appearing and also to attack those that are already present.
If successful, researchers say GPs could offer it to women before they reach their mid-40s, when the risk of breast cancer starts to rise steeply.
The drug could wipe out up to 70 per cent of breast cancers, saving more than 8,000 lives a year in Britain alone.

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