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On the cost front , liquid biopsy is cheaper than solid biopsy / PET scans done at a private hospital . Also , since it is a simple blood draw , there is no need for hospital admission , thus reducing the cost of treatment
the current monitoring approaches involve scans which expose patient to radiation .
Strand LB requires a simple blood draw and therefore minimizes the patient ’ s need for exposure to radiation and other risks associated with repeated tissue biopsies that also involve surgical intervention .
Please tell us about the years of research effort and funding put into its development ?
The research effort has lasted for a couple of years and all the funding is done from in house resources . Strand runs a mature and profitable bioinformatics business .
The test was indigenously developed at Strand Life Sciences , Bangalore and clinical validation was done in collaboration with Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Center & TMC , Mumbai .
How can the patients access liquid biopsy test ?
The test is available to the public and can be ordered via an oncologist in all major hospitals across India . The details of the test are also available at our website www . strandls . com and can the test can be ordered via the same website as well .
42 BioVoiceNews | May 2017