Headlines claim drug combination destroys tumor in 11 days—is this too good to be true?

https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/drug-destroys-tumor

Full article: http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/remarkable-breast-cancer-trial-destroys-tumors-just-11-days/

A recent IFLScience headline proclaimed "Remarkable Breast Cancer Trial Destroys Tumors in Just 11 Days." This sounds amazing but it leaves out key facts. First, the finding applies only to HER2-positive breast cancer, not all breast cancers. More importantly, the results are from a conference presentation and have not yet appeared in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. What does that mean for breast cancer patients? (12/6/16)

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