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Cancer Commentary - Caring About Cancer

January 15th, 2008

TOP2A FISH pharmDx: New Genetic Test for Breast Cancer, FDA-Approved

Approved by the FDA, a genetic test that can help in the assessment of risk of tumor recurrence and long-term survival for patients with relatively high-risk breast cancer - TOP2A FISH pharmDx - is the first approved device to test for the TOP2A (topoisomerase 2 alpha) gene in cancer patients.
The TOP2A gene plays a role […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 1 comment

September 21st, 2006

OncoPlan™: Test that helps Identify Breast Cancer Patients Likely to Benefit from Chemotherapy

Already commercially available, a test known as OncoPlan™, measures the amounts of two members of the same protein family (Shc proteins) -one of which appears to act as an oncogene (tyrosine-phosphorylated (PY)-Shc), and the other as a tumor suppressor (p66 Shc) –thereby helping identify patients with breast cancer who will likely benefit from chemotherapy and […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 0 comments