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Not all breast cancer patients need chemo, major study finds

Chemotherapy drugs being administered to a patient

Chemotherapy treatment Source: AAP

Two-thirds of women with the most common form of breast cancer may not need chemotherapy.


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By Sunil Awasthi, Jin Sun Lane

Presented by Jin Sun Lane

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Two-thirds of women with the most common form of breast cancer may not need chemotherapy.


A study of more than ten-thousand women has found a genetic test can identify those who can safely skip chemotherapy. 

The study looked at women with the most common forms of early-stage breast cancer.

Doctors say using the test to analyse early-stage tumours will help identify those that can be treated with surgery and hormone therapy alone.


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