Hormone profiling could help improve survival rates for breast cancer

According to the World Health Organisation, 2.3 million women worldwide were diagnosed with breast cancer last year.

Profiling patients' hormones before and after treatment could play a significant role in improving success rates associated with breast cancer treatment, a new study has found.

Researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences analysed patients’ hormone profiles to provide researchers with a deeper understanding as to how breast cancer cells are affected by different hormones and why patients respond differently to hormone therapy.