Barbara2
12-14-2008, 07:49 PM
http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/article.show/id/2/article_id/900
"Adding Zometa (zoledronic acid) to chemotherapy before surgery led breast tumors to shrink by an additional third, according to a subset analysis of the AZURE trial. This is the first patient-related direct evidence that Zometa, a bisphosphonate drug used to treat cancer-related bone loss, has an anti-tumor effect, said study investigator Robert Coleman, MD, of the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom."
"Adding Zometa (zoledronic acid) to chemotherapy before surgery led breast tumors to shrink by an additional third, according to a subset analysis of the AZURE trial. This is the first patient-related direct evidence that Zometa, a bisphosphonate drug used to treat cancer-related bone loss, has an anti-tumor effect, said study investigator Robert Coleman, MD, of the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom."