Welsh scientists developing treatment to prevent spread of breast cancer

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A team of Welsh scientists are developing a treatment that could reverse the spread of breast cancer to other parts of the body.

Researchers at Cardiff University have developed a compound with the hope it will reverse the spread of malignant breast cancer to other vital organs - known as metastasis- which is responsible for the majority of deaths from the disease.

In trials on mice, the compound has shown a complete halt in the spread of metastatic tumours.

Around 12,000 breast cancer patients develop this form of the disease every year, often several years after initial diagnosis of a breast lump.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-scientists-developing-treatment-prevent-6594333
 
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