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Blood Tests and New Drugs Improve Outcomes in Advanced Breast Cancer

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Blood Tests and New Drugs Improve Outcomes in Advanced Breast Cancer
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New research shows that liquid biopsies can detect mutations in advanced breast cancer up to nine months earlier than traditional scans, allowing for earlier treatment adjustments that improve tumor control and patient quality of life, though questions about long-term survival benefits remain.

Topics:businesshealth#breast-cancer#cancer-treatment#early-detection#health#liquid-biopsies#metastatic-cancer
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  1. 'Liquid biopsies' alert advanced breast cancer patients when new drugs are needed  NBC News
  2. Breast Cancer Patients Get Early Warning of Faltering Drugs With Blood Test  The New York Times
  3. Early Switch With Camizestrant Plus Continued CDK4/6 Inhibition Nearly Doubles PFS in ESR1-Mutant, ER+/HER2– Advanced Breast Cancer  OncLive
  4. Blood test-guided treatment with AstraZeneca pill cuts breast cancer progression risk  Reuters
  5. AstraZeneca unveils drug to treat mutating breast cancer before it starts to grow  Financial Times

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