NEW YORK, New York (January 10, 2007) - BioCangen Inc. announced that the initial clinical validation study of early cancer detection using Methylplus™, the non-invasive assay kit based on USGMAT, has been successfully completed. Among the blood samples from 102 patients with solid tumors including lung cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer and stomach cancer, 73 samples were correctly identified as the cancer, showing a 71.6% detection sensitivity. Among the 82 health individuals, only 3 samples were identified as the cancer, indicating a 96.3% specificity. BioCangen believes that the quality of these clinical data confirms that Methylplus™ is a reliable assay tool for cancer detection and allows for further development and commercialization of this assay tool as an in vitro diagnostic test product for early detection of cancer. This assay will be further validated by multi-center trials for submission to the Food and Drug Administration.
