Meta-Analysis Showing DecisionDx-Melanoma Test as Independent, Significant Predictor of Recurrence and Metastatic Risk Presented during Late-Breaking Research Session at the 2019 AAD Annual Meeting

Source: Business Wire, March 2019

FRIENDSWOOD, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Castle Biosciences, Inc., a skin cancer diagnostics company providing personalized genomic information to improve cancer management decisions, today announced three presentations at the 2019 American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting held in Washington, DC from March 1-5.

A meta-analysis of four DecisionDx^®-Melanoma studies including 1,479 patients titled, “Meta-Analysis of the Prognostic 31-Gene Expression Profile Test in 1479 Melanoma Cases,” was presented during the Late-Breaking Research: Basic Science/Cutaneous Oncology/Pathology session. The study demonstrates that the DecisionDx-Melanoma test is an independent, significant predictor of recurrence and metastatic risk in a meta-analysis of four study cohorts.

DecisionDx-Melanoma Meta-Analysis

Multiple published archival and prospective studies have described the prognostic capability, performance and clinical utility of the DecisionDx-Melanoma test to assess recurrence risk and inform patient management decisions on sentinel lymph node recommendations, follow up, surveillance imaging, and referrals for patients with cutaneous melanoma.