Common breast cancer drug could be harming patients

Breast cancer is currently the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in Kenya. PHOTO | FILE

A drug frequently used to treat breast cancer patients can cause the disease to spread to the lungs, results of a recent study show.

According to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, the drug – known as paclitaxel – causes molecular changes that allow breast cancer cells to escape from tumours.

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