A very old antibiotic shows promise in treating fatal form of breast cancer

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Of the three major subtypes of breast cancer, the &laquotriple negative» is the most lethal: half of all breast cancer deaths are attributed to it, whereas it accounts for only about 15% of incidences of breast cancer.

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[donocco]

Interesting. I havent thought of Clofazimine for many years. It is used to treat Leprosy I think with Dapsone. I can imagine the price of this rarely used drug may go sky high very soon if it has a definite clinical benefit in TNBC

Paul