Angela Brodie - the story of the lady who 'invented' Aromatase Inhibitors!
Before Aromatase Inhibitors were made available to women to suppress oestrogen production that fed their Breast Cancer ..... the most common procedure for women with breast cancer was Radical Mastectomies.
Angela Brodie was a giant in the world of breast-cancer therapy. She discovered and developed the first selective aromatase inhibitor — a drug that blocks the synthesis of oestrogen, which fuels the growth of breast-cancer cells. Such treatments have saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of women; a third generation of the compounds are now the drugs of choice in postmenopausal women.
Angela was determined to change that - and change it, she did! An interesting read:
https://www.nature.com/articles/548032a
Angela Brodie was a giant in the world of breast-cancer therapy. She discovered and developed the first selective aromatase inhibitor — a drug that blocks the synthesis of oestrogen, which fuels the growth of breast-cancer cells. Such treatments have saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of women; a third generation of the compounds are now the drugs of choice in postmenopausal women.
Angela was determined to change that - and change it, she did! An interesting read:
https://www.nature.com/articles/548032a
