From Washington, D.C., at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research
A new blood test can foretell which cancer patients are likely to suffer serious delayed side effects from radiation therapy. Physicians could use the technique to decide whom not to treat with radiation, says Nigel Crompton of Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Mich.
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