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Published: December 18, 2006
Super-hormone treatments could reduce risk of recurrence
Breast cancer: Alternative may preserve child-bearing ability
The effects of the drugs are not as permanent as surgery.
By The Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — Robin Khadduri gets monthly shots of a drug that blocks the male hormone testosterone and often is used to treat prostate cancer.

But Khadduri doesn't have a prostate or much testosterone either. She and many other young women are getting the drug for breast cancer as part of a super-hormone treatment that new research suggests may improve their survival odds.

This chemical equivalent of ovary re...

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