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MDxHealth Acquires Prostate Cancer Testing Business From Exact Sciences for up to $100M
The firm, which also reported preliminary Q2 financial results, acquired the Oncotype DX GPS test along with Exact's urology sales and marketing team.
PreludeDx DCIS Breast Cancer Test Helps Determine Radiation Therapy Benefits, Reduce Overtreatment
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The test uses prognostic markers to group women based on their risk of 10-year recurrence of ductal carcinoma in situ.
Exact Sciences Oncotype DX Identifies Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Patients Who Can Forgo Chemo
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The results, presented at SABCS this week, leave open whether the added benefit from chemo seen in premenopausal women may be due to chemo-induced hormone reduction.
Germany Grants National Reimbursement for Three Additional Breast Cancer Biomarker Tests
Myriad Genetics' EndoPredict, Agendia's MammaPrint (distributed in Germany by PathoNext), and Veracyte's Prosigna will now be covered by public insurance.
New data shows that the test could eventually be useful in helping younger women avoid chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting.