Good News for Women With Breast Cancer: Many Don’t Need Chemo

djmammo
djmammo Member Posts: 2,939
edited June 2018 in Not Diagnosed But Worried

A recent study found that gene tests on tumor samples were able to identify women who could safely skip chemotherapy and take only a drug that blocks the hormone estrogen or stops the body from making it.

Click here for the NY Times article on this subject but it has been covered by many outlets.

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  • Traveltext
    Traveltext Member Posts: 2,089
    edited June 2018


    You should add that this could be good news for men as well, even though there were no men included in the trial. As usual, men need to take their chances based on trial results that they are excluded from.


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