New research shows many older women can avoid chemo after breast cancer 

Breast cancer tissue testing at the Precision Oncology Laboratory in Redwood City California as part of the global study. File picture.

A research breakthrough means most post-menopausal women with breast cancer can now avoid chemotherapy and receive only hormone therapy in tablet form instead.

A trial, which took place in nine countries including Ireland, shows the vast majority of post-menopausal patients with Node-Positive Early Stage Breast Cancer would not benefit from chemotherapy.