Ubu bushakashatsi bwayobowe na University College London, bwakorewe ku barwayi barenga 4000 bari bamaze gusuzumwa kanseri y'ibere, bafite hejuru y'imyaka 40. Aba barwayi bakomokaga mu bihugu birimo u Bwongereza, Norvège, Suède, Autriche, Nouvelle-Zélande na Thailand.
Abashakashatsi bakoresheje ikizamini cyitwa Prosigna, gipima imikorere y'utunyangingo 50 dufitanye isano n'imikurire ya kanseri y'ibere, kikagaragaza ibyago umurwayi afite byo kuba indwara yakongera kugaruka.
Ibyavuye muri ubwo bushakashatsi byagaragaje ko abarwayi barenga bibiri bya gatatu bashoboraga kutavurwa hakoreshejwe chimiothérapie, ahubwo bakitabwaho binyuze mu buvuzi bukoresha imisemburo. Mu myaka itanu, 93,7% by'abatarahawe chimiothérapie bari bakiriho, ugereranyije na 94,9% by'abayivuwe hakurikijwe uburyo busanzwe.
Ibi byafashwe nk'intambwe ikomeye mu kuvura kanseri y'ibere hakurikijwe imiterere y'umurwayi, aho kuba gukoresha uburyo bumwe kuri buri wese. Chimiothérapie isanzwe ishobora gutera ingaruka zirimo umunaniro ukabije, iseseme, gupfuka umusatsi, kugabanuka k'ubudahangarwa bw'umubiri n'ibibazo by'uburumbuke.
Professor Rob Stein, wayoboye ubu bushakashatsi, yavuze ko ibi bigaragaza ko kuvura kanseri bishobora kurushaho gushingira ku miterere y'ikibyimba aho kwishingikiriza gusa ku bimenyetso bisanzwe by'ubuvuzi.
Abashakashatsi bavuga ko bitaramenyekana niba ibyavuye muri ubu bushakashatsi byakurikizwa no ku bantu bari munsi y'imyaka 40.
