Drug in clinical trials for breast cancer could also treat some blood cancers, studies show

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Two new studies led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a possible way to block the progression of several forms of blood cancer using a drug already in clinical trials against breast cancer.

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