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Breast Cancer: Can a Blood Test Spot Resistance Earlier?

Breast Cancer: Can a Blood Test Spot Resistance Earlier?10. Sept.2 Min.

Welcome to Onco Life Centre Podcast. In this episode, we break down the FDA's new accelerated approval for a breast cancer treatment guided by an early resistance blood test, and what it could mean for patients already in treatment. You'll learn: - Why the FDA called this the first cancer approval guided by a resistance mutation found in blood before a scan shows progression - How a blood test for circulating tumor DNA works - Why fewer than 5 percent of patients carry this resistance mutat...