DNA 'barcode' delivering personalised breast cancer care

[Northerner]

Scientists in Cambridge say advances in genetics are set to transform the treatment of breast cancer, making it more personalised to each patient.

All women there diagnosed with breast cancer have their entire genetic code mapped.

Doctors say it is helping them chose the right treatment and predict whether patients are likely to experience side effects.

It can also reveal whether their cancer is becoming resistant to treatment.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44455354

Never fails to astonish me how far medical science has advanced in my lifetime 😱 🙂

 

[mikeyB]

Yes indeed. Breast cancer is no longer a death sentence.

Now, let’s have a go at cancers which are, pancreas, bowel, ovary etc. You know, the unfashionable ones. The ones that really kill people, if you look at death statistics.

 

[Amigo]

Scientists in Cambridge say advances in genetics are set to transform the treatment of breast cancer, making it more personalised to each patient.

All women there diagnosed with breast cancer have their entire genetic code mapped.

Doctors say it is helping them chose the right treatment and predict whether patients are likely to experience side effects.

It can also reveal whether their cancer is becoming resistant to treatment.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44455354

Never fails to astonish me how far medical science has advanced in my lifetime 😱 🙂

I’m about to have cytogenetic tests to map my particular ‘risk bucket’ of Leukaemia. Bittersweet because they can now predict survival based on chromosomal deletions! 😱 However, they’re necessary because it guides treatment and a 17p or TP53 deletion is refractory to chemo.
That’s my summer treat! 😳