DOCTORS MAKE HUGE BREAST CANCER DISCOVERY WHICH COULD STOP DISEASE RECURRING

• A breakthrough clinical trial has enabled doctors to identify and remove dormant 'sleeper cells' responsible for breast cancer recurrence.
• These 'sleeper cells', which do not typically show up on scans, can be found in patients' bone marrow and are a key factor in cancer returning.
• In the trial, specific drugs successfully cleared these cells from 80 per cent of 51 breast cancer survivors, with only two patients experiencing recurrence after six to twelve months of treatment.
• Researchers found that the drugs effective against these dormant cells differ from those used for actively growing cancers, indicating a distinct biological mechanism.
• This development offers significant hope for breast cancer survivors, as recurrent breast cancer has previously been considered incurable.

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Breakthrough for breast cancer survivors after discovery of which patients most likely to have recurring disease

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2025-09-02T19:12:14Z