Oestrogen pills can benefit women with metastatic breast cancer
Friday, December 12, 2008 - 05:08
in Health & Medicine
For breast cancer survivors, the idea of taking oestrogen pills is almost a taboo. In fact, their doctors give them drugs to get rid of the hormone because it can fuel the growth of breast cancer. So these women would probably be surprised by the approach taken by breast cancer physician Matthew Ellis, M.B., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis - he has demonstrated that oestrogen therapy can help control metastatic breast cancer...
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