ARUP Launches Blood-Based LDT for Colorectal Cancer in US Based on Epigenomics' Septin9 Biomarker

The test, which amplifies and detects methylated Septin9 DNA from patient plasma samples, has been shown to identify a higher proportion of colorectal cancers than Quest Diagnostics' laboratory-developed test, called ColoVantage; as well as CE-marked in vitro diagnostics offered in Europe by Epigenomics and Abbott.