PDA

View Full Version : Blood Test Tracks Response To Cancer Treatment


News
03-18-2013, 04:21 AM
A blood test that tracks fragments of DNA shed by dying tumor cells could one day be used to monitor how well patients are responding to cancer treatment, according to a small study in women with advanced breast cancer. Such a test could provide a non-invasive alternative to biopsies, and help adapt treatment to individual patients and the progress of disease...

More... (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/257787.php)