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Now a simple Blood-Test could find recurrence of Post-op Breast Cancer!

London: A simple blood test could tell whether the commonest form of breast cancer will recur post therapy, sparing women unwanted treatment with anti-cancer drugs."If we can accurately predict which women are at high risk

IANS Updated on: January 21, 2013 13:55 IST
now a simple blood test could find recurrence of post op
now a simple blood test could find recurrence of post op breast cancer

London: A simple blood test could tell whether the commonest form of breast cancer will recur post therapy, sparing women unwanted treatment with anti-cancer drugs.




"If we can accurately predict which women are at high risk of breast cancer recurrence, it gives the physicians and oncologists treating these women time to design a more aggressive therapy in the hopes of preventing the cancer from coming back," said researcher Sambasivarao Damaraju, from University of Alberta, Canada.

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