Myriad adds risk reduction feature to prostate cancer test

 Myriad Genetics, Inc., (NASDAQ: MYGN) a leader in genetic testing and precision medicine, today announced the integration of Absolute Risk Reduction (ARR) into the Prolaris® Prostate Cancer Prognostic Test to help patients and providers make personalized treatment decisions regarding hormone therapy. Prolaris is the only biomarker test to quantify the benefits of adding androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) to radiation therapy (RT)1.

ADT can be effective at slowing the progression of prostate cancer, but it can also be associated with significant side effects such as bone and muscle loss, weight gain and increased cardiovascular risk. In addition to helping identify those patients who can safely forego ADT, the latest Prolaris enhancement will now provide patients with an individual assessment of how adding ADT to radiation therapy may reduce their risk of metastasis over 10 years.

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