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Veracyte (VCYT) Announces Positive Data on Afirma in Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis

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Veracyte Presents Data Demonstrating Potential to Enhance Afirma® Gene Expression Classifier Using an RNA Sequencing Platform

September 23, 2016 11:46 AM EDT

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Veracyte, Inc. (NASDAQ: VCYT) today announced new data suggesting the potential to enhance the performance of the Afirma Gene Expression Classifier in thyroid cancer diagnosis by combining the test's proven RNA expression-based capabilities with gene variant and fusion information all on a single, robust RNA sequencing platform. Such enhancements could help to further reduce the number of patients who undergo unnecessary surgery when their thyroid nodules are not clearly benign or cancerous (i.e.,... More