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Lani · 01-02-2013, 10:45 AM

If I recall correctly, Veridex is owned by Johnson and Johnson--not a small player.

Your assumption is likely correct.

No big players cheerleeding or lobbying for DTC testing now, although Clarient was bought by GE and they are using a company called Biocept to phenotype the DTCs once found.

Need more oncologists willing to do DTCs.

I had asked Dr. Susan Love re DTC testing as part of her Army project and she brushed me off--I now understand she herself has cancer (leukemia, not breast cancer) so she may change her tune.

01-02-2013, 10:45 AM	#4
Lani Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,778	Re: Circulating tumor cells test by Veridex gets a CPT code from Medicare! If I recall correctly, Veridex is owned by Johnson and Johnson--not a small player. Your assumption is likely correct. No big players cheerleeding or lobbying for DTC testing now, although Clarient was bought by GE and they are using a company called Biocept to phenotype the DTCs once found. Need more oncologists willing to do DTCs. I had asked Dr. Susan Love re DTC testing as part of her Army project and she brushed me off--I now understand she herself has cancer (leukemia, not breast cancer) so she may change her tune.