New FISH test for colon cancer

Date Posted: 10/30/2009

RICHMOND, Va. -- GastroFISH(TM) is the first tissue-based fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) test for the detection of chromosomal anomalies associated with colon cancer.

"We are excited to be the first laboratory to offer GastroFISH for the colon. Using current histological techniques, identifying adenomas with a high risk for progression to cancer is not possible. Multi-target FISH will be helpful in the identification of these adenomas in conjunction with histology," said Junqi Qian, M.D., Director of Molecular Diagnostics at Bostwick Laboratories(R).

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