Lord Maurice Saatchi poses for photos at his office in central London, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. Saatchi's wife, best-selling Irish novelist Josephine Hart, died from ovarian cancer in 2011, and he describes his wife’s cancer treatment as “medieval”, and is proposing a parliamentary bill to legalize the ability of doctors to use experimental therapies even if there is no proof they work. Saatchi acknowledges his bill, aimed at encouraging new therapies and speeding up access to new drugs, is driven by grief for his wife, and that the bill may not make it into law, but he has wide support from numerous members of parliament and he remains hopeful about giving new opportunities to doctors and their patients.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Gathering hears of breast cancer research
Published: 01:30:55 AM, Sun 17 March 2013 UTC
A conference for Tasmanian breast cancer patients and survivors has been told about new medical research and therapies.
About 200 people have attended the free conference in Launceston over the past two days.
Maureen Holland from the Tasmanian Breast Cancer Network says experts from Launceston and interstate have spoken about reconstructive surgery, body image and genetics.
"We also had Dr Richard de Boer talk about what is the latest in breast cancer updates."
"He just explained to us in layman's language we would say, everybody is trying to do their best to find new, extra things to actually help us all. His major interests are in the hormonal therapies and bone health," Ms Holland said.
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