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Diagnostics
Pathwork Tissue of Origin Test Validation Study Published in Journal of Clinical Oncology
April 14th, 2009
Pathwork Diagnostics, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company focused on oncology, announced that the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) has published the results of the Pathwork(R) Tissue of Origin Test validation study in a paper entitled, "Multicenter Validation of a 1,550-Gene Expression Profile for Identification of Tumor Tissue of Origin." The results of the 547-specimen study showed that the test has significant potential to reduce diagnostic uncertainty for poorly differentiated, undifferentiated or metastatic tumors. To date, no other tests in this category have undergone as large a clinical validation study or produced such strong results. "This study, which is...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-14)
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