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Good News for Women With Breast Cancer: Many Don\u2019t Need Chemo<\/h1>\n

Many women with early-stage forms of the disease can forego chemo, based on a test that measures the activity of genes involved in breast cancer recurrence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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DENISE GRADY | THE NEW YORK TIMES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many women with early-stage breast cancer who would receive chemotherapy under current standards do not actually need it, according to a major international study that is expected to quickly change medical treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can spare thousands and thousands of women from getting toxic treatment that really wouldn\u2019t benefit them,\u201d said Dr. Ingrid A. Mayer, from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, an author of the study. \u201cThis is very powerful. It really changes the standard of care.\u201d<\/p>\n

The study found that gene tests on tumor samples were able to identify women who could safely skip chemotherapy and take only a drug that blocks the hormone estrogen or stops the body from making it. The hormone-blocking drug tamoxifen and related medicines, called endocrine therapy, have become an essential part of treatment for most women because they lower the risks of recurrence, new breast tumors and death from the disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this is a very significant advance,\u201d said Dr. Larry Norton, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He is not an author of the study, but his hospital participated. \u201cI\u2019ll be able to look people in the eye and say, \u2018We analyzed your tumor, you have a really good prognosis and you actually don\u2019t need chemotherapy.\u2019 That\u2019s a nice thing to be able to say to somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n

The findings apply to about 60,000 women a year in the United States, according to Dr. Joseph A. Sparano of Montefiore Medical Center in New York, the leader of the study.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe results indicate that now we can spare chemotherapy in about 70 percent of patients who would be potential candidates for it based on clinical features,\u201d Dr. Sparano said.<\/p>\n

\u3010Click here to read the full article\u3011<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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