‘Terminal’ breast cancer wiped out by new treatment

Woman had weeks to live before ‘miracle’ therapy eradicated cancer cells

Doctors look at films of breast cancer X-rays
(Image credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

An experimental new therapy for advanced breast cancer is being hailed as a ‘paradigm shift’ in treating the disease.

The first patient to undergo the treatment, Judy Perkins, was diagnosed with incurable stage 4 breast cancer in 2013, ten years after undergoing a mastectomy for an earlier bout with the disease.

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