5 Topic Commentaries

Blood Biomarker May Help Women Avoid Chemotherapy

Blood Biomarker May Help Women Avoid Chemotherapy

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  Ben Park, MD, PhD

  Medical Oncology, Breast Cancer

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  Johns Hopkins Medicine

  If liquid biopsy is able to identify the high-risk cases in advance, many women could be spared chemotherapy.

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  Barbara Pockaj, MD

  Surgical Oncology, Breast Surgery

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  Mayo Clinic

  I think what we need is an end-of-treatment marker. This will tell us, OK, who needs more therapy?

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  Minetta Liu, MD

  Medical Oncology, Cancer Biomarkers

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  Mayo Clinic

  I want to be put out of business.

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  Fergus Couch, PhD

  Cancer Genetics, Laboratory Medicine

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  Mayo Clinic

  That’s the Holy Grail. It’s what everybody is hoping for,

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  Kala Visvanathan, MBBS, MHS

  Clinical Cancer Genetics, Medical Oncology

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  Johns Hopkins Medicine

  There’s a great need in cancer patients to be able to quickly and easily assess if a particular treatment is working...

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