New Tool Predicts Chemotherapy Toxicity In Breast Cancer Patients by Pooja Shete on January 25, 2021 at 9:08 PM
In older adults with early-stage breast cancer, a new tool has been developed to predict the risk of severe chemotherapy toxicity, which outperforms the existing models. The tool will help older patients and physicians make treatment decisions with more confidence.
The tool called the Cancer and Aging Research Group- Breast Cancer (CARG-BC) score was devised and tested in two groups of patients aged 65 or older and having stage I-III breast cancer. The CARG-BC performed better than Karnofsky performance status and the Cancer and Aging Research Group Chemotherapy Toxicity Tool.