Study: Bone drug helps chemo fight breast cancer
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081211/ap_on_he_me/med_breast_cancer_drugs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081204/2008_12_03t190541_450x328_us_cancer.jpg?x=130y=94q=85sig=Lfd_opwPZXJnbv5hYidrFQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Vasiliki Kostoula, a Greek breast cancer patient, is framed through a breast x-ray after a radiological medical examination in an Athens hospital, October 29, 2008. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - New research adds fresh hope that a drug that strengthens bones might also fight breast cancer. Women who were given the drug, Zometa, as part of their initial treatment had greater tumor shrinkage and were less likely to need radical surgery, according to a preliminary study reported Thursday at a cancer conference in Texas.</p><br clear="all"/>

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