One study used a blood test to see which colon cancer patients could skip chemotherapy. Another suggests some low-risk breast cancer patients can omit radiation.
One study used a blood test to see which colon cancer patients could skip chemotherapy. Another suggests some low-risk breast cancer patients can omit radiation.
The findings presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago could allow doctors to “focus on the patients we think would truly benefit from chemotherapy and avoid the side effects for patients for whom it’s likely unnecessary,” one expert said.