A similar antibody - drug conjugate approach is used
by the breast cancer agent T - DM1, which attaches chemotherapy to an antibody that seeks the HER2 protein in HER2 + breast cancers.
Not exact matches
Vitamin C has previously been shown to be effective as a non-toxic anti-
cancer agent in studies
by Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling and was recently shown to reduce mortality
by 25 % on
breast cancer patients in Japan.
Furthermore, the
agent prevented the drop in the number of neutrophils (i.e., neutropenia) found in the blood that is typically caused
by 5 - fluorouracil, a chemotherapy
agent commonly used in the treatment of gastrointestinal and other tumors, such as colon, stomach, pancreas and
breast cancers.
Other common misconceptions that are spread
by agents that don't know any better are that you can't get life insurance if you have asthma, if you're over age 75, if you weigh too much, if you have had hepatitis,
breast cancer or prostate
cancer.