Genomic Health Announces Publication of Clinical Outcomes Study for Biomarker Discovery Using Next Generation Sequencing

Genomic Health, Inc.

today announced that the peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE published positive results from its groundbreaking clinical outcomes study for biomarker discovery applying Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) for whole transcriptome profiling of archival formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor specimens. Results demonstrated that Genomic Health's proprietary whole transcriptome RNA-Seq technology successfully rediscovered validated genes used in the Oncotype DX® breast cancer test that previously had been identified by RT-PCR, and discovered more than two thousand additional candidate biomarkers for future clinical research and development.