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Tue 05 May 2010RCSI team in breast cancer advance
A RESEARCH team in Dublin has made important advances in the diagnosis of breast cancer and in monitoring patients during treatment. It warns doctors if the cancer will be difficult to treat and also gives a very early indication if the cancer starts to regrow.
Dr Leonie Young led the research at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). The method involves looking for “biomarkers”, substances in either blood or in tumour cells that tell the doctors how a patient is likely to progress under treatment.
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