Cancer Cells In Blood Can Identify Risk Of Recurrence In Breast Cancer

(www.news.mayoclinic.com)Cancer cells circulating in the blood, or circulating tumour cells (CTCs), are known to be associated with a bad prognosis in women with metastatic breast cancer. Now, for the first time, a group of scientists have shown that they can also detect CTCs before and after chemotherapy treatment and hence may be able to identify those patients likely to have a recurrence of their cancer after such treatment in future.Dr. [click link for full article]