- (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:

Breast Cancer

If you are a woman with breast cancer that is ER- and
HER-2/neu negative, and have had no prior treatment for breast cancer
excluding therapy for DCIS, you may qualify for this study.

The
research site is in Louisville, Ky.

More information

Please see http://www.centerwatch.com/patient/studies/cat29.html.

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