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McGill Researchers Develop New Test that Better Predicts Breast Cancer Outcomes

Posted Date: January 29, 2011

Gene expression signature identified that can accurately assess which patients are at risk of relapse

Researchers from McGill University’s Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre (GCRC), the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC), the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School have discovered a gene signature that can accurately predict which breast cancer patients are at risk of relapse, thereby sparing those who are not from the burdens associated with unnecessary treatment.

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