Blood Test to Predict Effect of Palbociclib Drug

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer occurring in women and the most common symptoms of the cancer are a lump in the breast, reddening of the breast skin, inverted nipple, scaling of the skin around the nipple region and change in shape of the breast. The effect of the palbociclib drug on breast cancer patients can be estimated earlier compared to the current tests by performing a blood test, which requires the tumor DNA fragment, finds a study.