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 “liquid biopsies” can benefit women with breast cancer.