Personalising the use of chemotherapy in breast cancer treatment
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- UCD researchers have identified a novel biomarker that can identify those women with breast cancer who will have a poor response to tamoxifen, one of the principle anti-hormone drugs used to treat the disease. This may allow clinicians to tailor the treatment of early stage breast cancer patients appropriately.