Blood Test Helps Target Roche/OSI Lung Cancer Drug (Reuters)

Blood analysis good at predicting how tumours will respond;  Proteomic test useful when doctors have no tumour tissue

LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) – Testing for specific cancer protein markers in lung cancer patients’ blood helps find those more likely to respond to Tarceva, a drug sold by Roche (ROG.VX) and OSI Pharmaceuticals OSIP.O, data showed on Friday.

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Topics: biomarker, blood-based cancer test, cancer diagnostics, personalized medicine, Tarceva, lung cancer, molecular diagnostic, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, oncology, In the News, Pharmaceuticals, OSI, Roche