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...statistically-insignificant 7 percent, the study found. Judy E. Garber, a Dana-Farber researcher and associate professor of medicine at HMS, who was not affiliated with the study, explained that the use of hormone therapy on women with ER-sensitive tumors may account for the discrepancy in chemotherapy??s relative effectiveness. “In tumors that depend on hormonal mechanisms to drive them, therapy that targets the hormones has a huge effect. As a result, there is not a lot of room for the added effect of chemo,” Garber said. Because hormone therapy drugs...

Author: By Katherine B. Prescott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Post-Chemo Death Rates Vary by Cancer Type | 4/17/2006 | See Source »

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