Millions of breast cancer patients could safely avoid chemotherapy, study suggests

A new DNA test could help screen whether patients require the treatment or not, according to a new international trial.

Groundbreaking genomic test could spare millions of breast cancer patients chemotherapy

Trial suggests patients with a low test score could be treated with hormone therapy alone with near-identical outcomes ‘Like Christmas’: woman’s relief after test finds she can skip chemotherapy Millions of women with breast cancer could be spared chemotherapy with a groundbreaking genomic test, according to the results of a trial that could transform healthcare guidelines worldwide. Treatment for breast cancer, the world’s most prevalent form of the disease, involves surgery to remove tum...

By Andrew Gregory in Chicago

Genetic test could offer breast cancer patients chance to skip chemo - The Times

Genetic test could offer breast cancer patients chance to skip chemo  The Times

Millions of breast cancer patients could avoid chemotherapy with new genome test

Doctors said the test shows people with certain forms of the disease can safely avoid chemotherapy

By Nicole Wootton-Cane

I survived breast cancer. I wasn't prepared for what came next.

The author said that she is grateful to have been in remission for five years, but surviving cancer is hard in ways she wasn't expecting. Courtesy of Rachel Garlinghouse. I just had my anniversary and can say I have been in remission from breast cancer for five years. I am grateful for my health, but there are so many hard things about surviving cancer. Fear of recurrence and survivor's guilt are constantly on my mind. When the big day finally arrived, the day I could say I'd been in breas...

Millions of breast cancer patients could safely avoid chemotherapy, study suggests

Millions of people with breast cancer could safely avoid chemotherapy as scientists have developed a DNA test that can distinguish between patients who are likely to benefit from the treatment and those who are not, according to the results of a trial.

By Emmanuel Tetteh