Breast Cancer Clinical Results Show Test Can Differentiate Normal, Early and Later Stage Cancers

TORONTO, Feb. 5 (HSMN NewsFeed) - Predictive medicine company PreMD Inc. (TSX: PMD; PREMF.pk) today announced that its recently completed clinical trial data was presented at the 4th Annual Academic Surgical Congress in Fort Myers, FL. The peer reviewed data was presented by Dr. Anees B. Chagpar from the University of Louisville. The presentation entitled, "Quantitative Galactose Oxidase Schiff's reaction in Nipple Aspirate Fluid may distinguish women with or without Breast Cancer" concluded by stating that "GOS reactivity as measured by adjusted chroma values are significantly different between normal patients, those with Ductal Carcenoma In Situ and those with invasive cancer" and that "these results warrant further investigation".

"We are extremely pleased that the data was supportive of this novel breast cancer test and that the investigators feel that there is a need to continue to explore the potential of this test, and thus confirm that there is value to the technology. However, it is clear that funding to develop these potentially valuable tests is not readily available today and as such, work on this test will cease, at least for a while," said Dr. Brent Norton, President and CEO of PreMD Inc. "We are hopeful that one or more interested parties' steps forward to invest in or acquire this technology as it has the potential to advance the fight against this disease," he added.

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