Hormone therapy can reduce spread of cancer by a fifth

A HORMONE therapy for breast cancer can reduce the chances of the deadly spread of the disease by nearly a fifth, according to new trial findings.

Women given the aromatase inhibitor exemestane after surgery were 19% less likely to suffer metastatic, or spreading, cancer than those receiving standard treatment.

Cancer is most deadly when it travels around the body, affecting vital organs such as the brain or liver.