Breast cancer: More studies needed on chemo treatment

MORE studies need to be done to find why chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer works for some patients but not for others, a team of leading experts said yesterday.

Fifty-six researchers analysed trends surrounding the disease and found barriers to improving patient care.

The British charity, Breast Cancer Campaign, which funds some of the experts, said the study showed not enough is known about why treatments fail to work for some patients. Thousands of women die from breast cancer each year because treatments are not always effective or fail to halt the disease, it said.