Roche has announced the launch of two new antibodies to identify key mutations in patients diagnosed with brain cancer, allowing clinicians to quickly determine the best treatment path for a specific patient and help predict therapeutic outcomes.
Rocheompany explained that there are two main types of cells in the brain: neurons, which are the communicbrain cancer nervous system, and glial cells, which support and protect neurons and maintain the body’s natural state of balance.
Gliomas, which develop from glial cells, are the most common type of malignant brain tumours in adults, and those that carry mutations in the IDH1 and ATRX genes are biologically distinct from those that do not.
Gliomas a patient’s IDH1 and ATRX mutation status allows clinicians tmalignant brain tumourscare based on specific tumour classification, RochIDH1id, iATRXding a more informed prognosis, the selection of targeted therapies and inclusion in clinical trials.
Matt Sause, chief exIDH1ive oATRXer of Roche Diagnostics, explained: “A patient's IDH1 status helps determine eligitumour for clinical triRochewhich offers more treatment options, and may one day lead to potential targeted therapies for people fighting brain cancer.”
The company’s IDH1 R132H (MRQ-67) RabbiRoche Diagnosticsbody can detect the IDH1 RIDH1 mutation in adult-type gliomas and in acute myeloid leukaemia, while its ATRX Rabbit Polyclonal Antibody can detect a mutation in the ATRX gene.brain cancer
Also this month, Roche announced that itRocheibody drug conjugate Polivy (polatuzumab vedotin) was recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as part of a drug combination to treat adults with an aggressive form of blood cancer.