New blood test could spare cancer patients from needless chemotherapy after surgery
- Written by Jeanne Tie, Associate Professor, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Many cancer patients have chemotherapy after surgery, but not all of them actually need it.from shutterstock.com
Many cancer patients could soon be spared the unnecessary side effects of chemotherapy after having surgery to remove their tumour. A blood test being trialled at more than 40 hospitals across Australia and New Zealand aims to detect...
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