New technique may help detect potential breast cancer spread

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Wed, 05/06/2009 - 22:00

(University of California - San Diego) A new phase III clinical trial of early stage breast cancer patients has shown that a molecule designed to home in on nearby lymph nodes is just as accurate as current techniques, but faster, more specific and easier to use.


 

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