Prof Iain MacPherson: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- professor of breast oncology at the University of Glasgow
- Quoted on
- Cancer
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“Optima provides robust, practice‑changing evidence that we can safely reduce the use of chemotherapy for many patients with hormone‑sensitive breast cancer. These findings represent a major step forward in delivering more personalised, precise care, ensuring that treatment decisions are driven by what will genuinely improve outcomes for patients, while avoiding unnecessary toxicity.”
What Prof Iain MacPherson has said
“Optima provides robust, practice‑changing evidence that we can safely reduce the use of chemotherapy for many patients with hormone‑sensitive breast cancer.”
professor of breast oncology at the University of Glasgow · Cancer · 27 Aug 2026 · Groundbreaking genomic test could spare millions of breast cancer patients chemotherapy ↗
Where Prof Iain MacPherson has been quoted
- Millions of breast cancer patients could avoid chemotherapy with new genome testindependent.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Groundbreaking genomic test could spare millions of breast cancer patients chemotherapytheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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