New breast cancer care 'may save 500 lives a year' as study of 185,000 patients reveals that the chance of death could be cut by 33 per cent Most of UK patients diagnosed each year given chemo and anti-hormonal drug Removing tumour and treating with radiotherapy increases survival rate Professor Kefah Mokbel said the new approach could save as many as 500 lives
By Rachel Ellis for the Daily Mail
Published: 23:12 GMT, 10 March 2019 | Updated: 23:15 GMT, 10 March 2019
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A shake-up in the treatment of women with advanced breast cancer could save 500 lives a year, British research suggests.
Most of the 2,000 UK patients diagnosed each year with stage four of the disease are given chemotherapy and anti-hormonal drugs to try to keep the cancer under control and stop it spreading.
The original tumour in the breast is not usually removed since the cancer has already spread. Now, a review of more than 185,000 patients worldwide has found removing the tumour in the breast and/or treating it with radiotherapy as well as drugs cuts the
