Biotheranostics Breast Cancer Test Receives Expanded Medicare Coverage Determination

Mar 05, 2019

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) — Biotheranostics announced today that its Breast Cancer Index (BCI) genomic test has has been issued an expanded local coverage determination (LCD) by Medicare contractor Noridian.

The PCR-based test evaluates the expression of 11 genes to help physicians predict the risk of late disease recurrence and identify which early-stage breast cancer patients are likely to benefit from continuing adjuvant endocrine therapy beyond five years.

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