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Media Spotlight: Blackwell talks about one of ABC’s “Top 10 Medical Advances of the Decade”
posted December 18th, 2009
In ABC's "Top 10 Medical Advances of the Decade," Kimberly Blackwell, M.D., an oncologist, talks about number 6 -- "Targeted Therapies for Cancer Expand With New Drugs."
“The introduction/approval of Trastuzumab (Herceptin) and lapatinib (TyKerb) in breast cancer will prevent women’s breast cancers from recurring and have significantly improved survival for many women faced with breast cancer," Blackwell said in the article.
Read the article here.