NZ Scientists In Breast Cancer Discovery

Published Jun 1, 2004

by nursebedlam

01/06/2004 07:22 AM

NewstalkZB

New research suggests women could soon be immunised to help guard against breast cancer.

Scientists at the Christchurch and Dunedin schools of medicine, and the University of Melbourne have established a link between a common virus and the cancer.

Doctor Ann Richardson says research suggests those women under the age of 40 who contract cytomegalovirus have a higher chance of developing breast cancer later in life.

She says more research is needed to establish a timeline as to how the virus may influence the development of breast cancer.

It could eventually lead to children being immunised against the virus at a young age, to protect them from contracting it later in life.

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