Blood test used to match breast cancer patients to most effective treatment

Blood test used to match breast cancer patients to most effective treatment
Blood tests were used to match breast cancer patients to effective treatments (Anthony Devlin/PA)

A blood test that can identify a variety of mutations in advanced breast cancer can reliably match women to effective targeted treatments, early results of a clinical trial suggest.

Experts say the plasmaMATCH trial provides the strongest evidence yet that simple blood tests known as ā€œliquid biopsiesā€ can benefit women with breast cancer.

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