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Prostate drug gives hope in fight against breast cancer

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Summary of story from BBC News, site ask  June 25, story 2011

Drugs used to treat prostate cancer in men may also be useful for difficult-to-treat breast cancers in some women, find a Cancer Research UK study suggests.

Hormone treatments like tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors are ineffective against up to 30% of breast cancers.

But laboratory research in Cambridge, reported in The EMBO Journal, suggests some of these tumours may respond to drugs for male cancers.

Cancer Research UK said th

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