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FDA Approves New Breast Cancer Treatment

February 25, 2013   // 2 Comments

by Whitney Greer, BlackDoctor.org The Food and Drug Administration has approved a breast cancer treatment: Kadcyla (kad-SY’-luh) is designed to target only the tumor cells, while leaving healthy cells intact. Kadcyla, from Roche, is a combination of the drug Herceptin, a powerful chemotherapy drug, as well as a third chemical that links the two treatments together and keep everything int...

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