This minimally invasive and cost-effective alternative to tissue biopsy offers “an accessible tool for tailoring treatment strategies in breast cancer,” researchers, including Justin Balko, PhD, PharmD, reported April 22 in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

The findings were reported March 19 in the Nature partner journal npj Breast Cancer; the paper’s corresponding author is Sonya Reid, MD, MPH, associate professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt Health.

Mohamed Shanshal, MD, and Fabien Maldonado, MD, faculty members in the Department of Medicine, were integral members of the treatment team.

The paper, “Daily Steps Offset Risks of Sedentary Behavior in the All of Us Research Program,” was published April 7 in the journal Nature Communications with corresponding author Evan Brittain, MD, MSCI, professor of Medicine.