Scientists discover potential cure for triple negative breast cancer

[News]

Scientists have discovered a potential cure for one of the most aggressive and least treatable forms of breast cancer called "triple negative breast cancer." In laboratory experiments involving human cancer cells, scientists used a virus similar to the one that helped eradicate smallpox to coax cancer cells to produce a protein which makes them susceptible to radioactive iodine.

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['lizbeth]

So . . . is the contributing factor an issue with iodine/iodide in triple negative breast cancer?

[Laurel]

I was wondering, too, 'lizbeth. Seems like it may apply to all BC at first blush.