Biocept Collaborates with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital for Liquid Biopsy Study
The study is being conducted at the
"Studying various forms of resistance mechanisms allows us to further expand upon and develop evidence supporting the utility of clinically actionable personalized treatment information for patients with metastatic lung cancer," said
"Our study is focusing on identifying active evolving resistance mechanisms through blood-based testing in order to monitor the mutations in the tumor and importantly identify real-time treatment options for these patients," added
"Current standard of care is to use tumor biopsies by invasive surgical techniques or interventional radiology to both re-stratify patients with NSCLC when signs of progression are identified and to monitor these patients for key mechanisms of resistance," said
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