Advanced Detection

alice57
alice57 Posts: 4
in Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned

I was reading about liquid biopsies and DNA bloodwork that would be better for detecting recurrence than tumor markers Has anyone tried this or do you know how to take advantage of this?

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  • moderators
    moderators Posts: 9,647

    Hi @alice57 and welcome. Here is an article about Liquid Biopsys.

    https://www.breastcancer.org/screening-testing/liquid-biopsy


    You may also want to search on our boards for Guardant360® CDx (Guardant Health), FoundationOne® Liquid CDx (Foundation Medicine), or Signatera™ (Natera) or CellSearch as examples!

  • goldenbutterfly
    goldenbutterfly Posts: 5

    My doctor ordered a CT-DNA blood test for surveillance and it will be repeated every 3 months. She indicated that this was better than the tumor markers. I hope it comes back with good news as I've been unable to tolerate AI's and am now finding that Tamoxifen isn't agreeing with me either. At least we can keep a watch out instead of just waiting for symptoms, I guess.

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