Liquid Biopsy IDs More NSCLC Mutations, Yields Patient Therapy Response in Study of Guardant Test

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“New data this week has added evidence for the value of blood-based cancer testing in non-small cell lung cancer, demonstrating in a cohort of about 300 that comprehensive liquid biopsy — in this case Guardant Health’s Guardant360 test — can help identify targeted mutations in more patients than tissue sequencing.

“The study also found that patients treated on the basis of blood-based test results respond to treatment similarly to those treated based on tissue test results.”

Go to full article published by GenomeWeb on Oct 12, 2018.

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