Irish scientists have found a potential treatment for breast cancer

Researchers have found a new drug that could potentially stop the disease.

Irish scientists have reportedly found a new method of treating one of the hardest to treat forms of cancer - triple-negative breast cancer. According to The Irish Times, research was carried out by an Irish Cancer Society cancer research centre called Breast-Predict, who found a new drug APR-246. It's reported APR-246 could potentially save the lives of women suffering one of the most aggressive forms of cancer, triple-negative. Naoise Synott, a PhD student, who carried out the research commented on the new discovery.

"At the moment the only form of drug treatment available to patients with triple-negative breast cancer is chemotherapy.

"While this will work well for some patients, others may find that their cancer cells don’t respond as well as might be hoped to chemo, leading to patients suffering the side-effects of this treatment without any of the desired outcomes."