20th Jun 2024 18:44
EDX Medical Group PLC - Cambridge, England-based company that develops digital diagnostic products and services to treat cancer, heart disease, and infectious diseases - Announces a "strategic expansion" of its cancer testing capability. EDX Medical is to launch comprehensive hereditary germline cancer testing products and services "designed to accurately predict if family members of cancer patients are at increased risk from the disease." Adds that the first test to be made available to health professionals in the UK is a pan-cancer test which achieves 99% sensitivity and identifies mutations in 70 genes known to be associated with cancers which have a strong inherited, genetic component including prostate, breast, colorectal, pancreatic and ovarian cancers in a single test. Read More