Cancer Blood Test Trialed to Prevent Unnecessary Chemotherapy (VIDEO)

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

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Cancer patients could be spared unnecessary chemotherapy -- and its side-effects -- by a new blood test that is in clinical trials at more than 40 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand. The trial is one of the largest internationally to investigate a predictive blood test to guide cancer treatment. Hear from the lead researchers Associate Professor Jeanne Tie and Associate Professor Sumi Ananda, and trial participant Anne.

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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia

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