Researchers to examine whether incurable cancer can be treated with existing drug

Researchers will now test in the lab if Talazoparib is effective in treating secondary breast cancer in the brain.

Irish researchers are to examine whether an incurable type of cancer can be treated using an existing drug.

A new study, funded by UK charity Breast Cancer Now, will explore if the drug talazoparib (Talzenna) could be used to treat people with incurable secondary metastatic breast cancer which has spread to the brain.