Fresh hope for breast cancer patients

A REVOLUTIONARY breast cancer treatment developed in Cork and tested on Irish women was launched yesterday.

Tue, 04 Nov, 2008 - 00:00

The therapy offers hope to hundreds of Irish patients for whom other treatments have stopped working.

Lapatinib, developed by GlazoSmithKline (GSK), targets a specific type of breast cancer that accounts for more than a quarter of all breast cancer cases.

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Courts Health Place: Cork Place: Dublin Place: Currabinny, Co Cork Place: Ireland Person: John Crown Person: Prof Person: Crown Person: Caroline Dwyer Person: Caroline Person: Minister for Labour Affairs Person: Billy Kelleher Organisation: GlazoSmithKline Organisation: GSK Organisation: All-Ireland Clinical Oncology Research Group Organisation: ICORG Organisation: St Vincent’s University Hospital

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