Study: Some breast cancer patients can be treated without chemo

A DNA test  test 'can be used to inform treatment decisions for women with more advanced hormone-driven cancers'. Picture: Stock image

A new breast-cancer study confirms most women with a common form of the disease can skip chemotherapy if a DNA test indicates it would not benefit them.

The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine this week, included 250 Irish women among 5,018 participants around the world.