11/10/2019PUNE: A Pune-based biotech company is offering free tests using its cancer detection technology throughout this month to raise awareness about liquid biopsy test.
The test detects circulating tumour cells (CTC)
which are cancer cells that have broken away from the primary tumour and are
circulating in the bloodstream (a process known as metastasis). The test is
virtually pain free and requires five milliliter (ml) of blood.
"We are observing October as the liquid biopsy awareness
month and hence offering free testing to cancer patients in our diagnostic lab
at Wakad on Aundh-Hinjawadi road. It is a simple blood test which can be used
for early detection of cancer progression or relapse," said scientist
Jayant Khandare of Actorius Innovations and Research Pvt Ltd. The technology is
the first indigenously developed test which has received approval for
manufacturing for sale under the new Medical Device Rules (MDR 2017) from the
Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO).
The test does not need any special preparation like fasting or
stopping any medicine. Patients can avail the free testing by booking the test
online (http://www.oncodiscover.com) and visiting the diagnostic lab (located
at Wakad) on the appointed day.
"The test covers epithelial cancers such as head and
neck, lung, breast, cervical, prostate, gastric, colorectal etc. Currently, the
free testing is restricted to patients who are suffering from cancer. Healthy
individuals who have a family history of cancer and may be at high risk of
getting the disease will have to pay the charges of Rs 15,000 for the
test," Khandare said.
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