TUESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- Adding paclitaxel to standard chemotherapy improved disease-free survival in women with early-stage breast cancer, a Spanish study finds.

The phase III trial included 1,246 women with early, non-metastatic breast cancer who were randomly assigned to receive treatment with fluorouracil, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide (FEC), or FEC followed by weekly paclitaxel (FEC-P).

By Amanda Gardner
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration went against the recommendation of its own advisory panel on Friday and approved the cancer drug Avastin for women with advanced breast cancer.