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JUNE 3, 2018

With Proper Testing, Most Women With Early Stage Breast Cancer Can Forgo Chemotherapy

By SPC News Staff

Thousands of women with the most common form of early stage breast cancer who receive hormone therapy may not need adjuvant chemotherapy, according to a study presented today at the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting.

TAILORx (Trial Assigning Individualized Options for Treatment was one of the first large-scale trials to examine a methodology for personalizing cancer treatment.

The results showed that most women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human