How a simple blood test can help doctors stay a step ahead of breast cancer
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BC Cancer researchers are hoping a simple blood test can help doctors stay ahead of breast cancer by monitoring the disease and guiding doctors early on.
It's called ctDNA, and it's believed the test can show how cancer cells break down and has the potential to tell doctors what drugs would work best early on or what drugs don't work as treatment occurs.
Guest: Dr. Stephen Chia
Chair, breast cancer tumour group, BC Cancer
BC Cancer researchers are hoping a simple blood test can help doctors stay ahead of breast cancer by monitoring the disease and guiding doctors early on.
It's called ctDNA, and it's believed the test can show how cancer cells break down and has the potential to tell doctors what drugs would work best early on or what drugs don't work as treatment occurs.
Guest: Dr. Stephen Chia
Chair, breast cancer tumour group, BC Cancer