First Blood-Based Lung Cancer EGFR Test Gets Green Light
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA has approved the first liquid biopsy test to detect genetic mutations linked to drug response in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Roche's cobas EGFR Mutation Test v2 could be a game-changer in helping to diagnose certain NSCLC patients without requiring a tumor biopsy, the agency suggests.