Breast Cancer Survivors Have a New Tool to Help Answer Whether Their Cancer is Coming Back
Learn Look Locate partners with Natera to guide patients to important blood test – Signatera™ – to help survivors answer important recurrence concerns TUCSON, Ariz. , July 20, 2022 |PRNewswire| -- As part of its ongoing campaign to work with companies and educate patients on new treatments, Learn Look Locate (LLL) recently announced an innovative and new tool for helping breast cancer survivors assess recurrence of the disease. Custom designed for each patient, Signatera detects small amounts of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in the blood and is readout in a report to help guide doctors and patients on next steps. Signatera should be used concurrently with scans and other blood tests, although it has been shown that Signatera can help determine relapse earlier than standard tools. 1 Signatera was created by Natera, a global leader in cell-free DNA testing. "One of the most important goals of Learn Look Locate is to let patients know exactly what to ask for when they see their oncologist," said Cynthia Jordan , Founder of LLL. "I''m really proud and honored to partner with Natera to inform the community about Signatera.
Breast Cancer Survivors Have a New Tool to Help Answer Whether Their Cancer is Coming Back
Learn Look Locate partners with Natera to guide patients to important blood test – Signatera™ – to help survivors answer important recurrence concerns TUCSON, Ariz. , July 20, 2022 |PRNewswire| -- As part of its ongoing campaign to work with companies and educate patients on new treatments, Learn Look Locate (LLL) recently announced an innovative and new tool for helping breast cancer survivors assess recurrence of the disease. Custom designed for each patient, Signatera detects small amounts of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in the blood and is readout in a report to help guide doctors and patients on next steps. Signatera should be used concurrently with scans and other blood tests, although it has been shown that Signatera can help determine relapse earlier than standard tools. 1 Signatera was created by Natera, a global leader in cell-free DNA testing. "One of the most important goals of Learn Look Locate is to let patients know exactly what to ask for when they see their oncologist," said Cynthia Jordan , Founder of LLL. "I''m really proud and honored to partner with Natera to inform the community about Signatera.