Multi-gene test enables some breast cancer patients to safely avoid chemotherapy

Monday, September 28, 2015 - 10:31 in Health & Medicine

A major study published in the New England Journal of Medicine is providing the best evidence to date that a 21-gene test done on the tumor can identify breast cancer patients who can safely avoid chemotherapy. Oncologist Kathy Albain, MD, FACP, FASCO of Loyola University Medical Center and Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine […]

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