{"id":9579,"date":"2017-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.rftcjapan.org\/news\/new-drug-one-five-breast-cancers-2\/"},"modified":"2017-04-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T15:00:00","slug":"new-drug-one-five-breast-cancers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/news\/new-drug-one-five-breast-cancers\/","title":{"rendered":"New drug for one in five breast cancers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-16-at-11.41.50-AM.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By: Michelle Roberts\uff08Health editor\uff09| BBC News online<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u30fbMany more women could be helped by a new type of breast cancer drug, say experts<br>\u30fbBiological therapies are currently only available as part of clinical trials, but hold great promise<br>\u30fbExperts estimate as many as one in five patients might benefit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around 10,000 women a year in the UK might benefit from a new type of breast cancer treatment, say scientists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biological therapies can help fight breast cancers caused by rare, inherited genetic errors like the BRCA one actress Angelina Jolie carries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now a new study by experts at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute suggests these targeted drugs may also work in many other women who do not have these risky genes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The drugs could be effective in one in five breast cancers, say the researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/health-39253537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u3010Click here to read the full article\u3011<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Michelle Roberts\uff08Health editor\uff09| BBC News online \u30fbMany more women could be helped by a new type of breast cancer drug, say experts\u30fbBiological therapies are currently only available as part of clinical trials, but hold great promise\u30fbExperts estimate as many as one in five patients might benefit Around 10,000 women a year in the UK [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,79],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-9579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-pickup-article","tag-breast-cancer-ja"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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