Blood Test Can Help Improve Treatment Outcomes For Breast Cancer Patients
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 12:35
in Health & Medicine
With the goal of tailoring cancer treatment for each individual, researchers have presented a study suggesting a simple blood test can help doctors more reliably assess treatment efficacy for patients with metastatic breast cancer. Circulating tumor cells are a reliable predictor of treatment response in metastatic breast cancer.
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