Star Health Network and Core Diagnostics collaborate to launch Celsee liquid biopsy

Agreement will extend the use of Celsee Diagnostics’ liquid biopsy test throughout India

Star Health Network, a New York based healthcare company and CORE Diagnostics, a clinical diagnostics laboratory have announced a collaboration to extend the use of the Celsee Diagnostics’ liquid biopsy test in India.

Primary and metastatic tumours shed cells into the bloodstream. These are called circulating tumour cells (CTC). The Celsee CTC test detects cancer cells in the blood stream and determines whether cancer treatment is working, or the disease is spreading. The test is a valuable aid to oncologists in evaluating prognosis of metastatic breast, colorectal, and prostate and lung cancers.

Reportedly, Celsee CTC test is a fast and effective blood test that is a radiation free alternative. Test results are available within four hours. Tests helps determine whether cancer treatment is working and has the potential of detecting cancer before it spreads to other parts of the body.

CORE Diagnostics will add the CTC test to their expanding list of tests, and market the product to the patient population across India.

“CTC is an instrumental technology in aiding cancer treatment. Star Health Network is helping commercialize Celsee CTC technology across India and is excited to forge the collaboration with CORE Diagnostics,” said Jamal Naiyer, CEO of Star Health Network.

“We are happy to partner with Star Health Network, and to add this state-of-the-art CTC test to our growing menu,” added Zoya Brar, Founder & MDof Core Diagnostics.

“Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) are the very cells that leads to the spread of cancer (metastasis) from the primary tumor to other organs of the body. However, these cells are very rare, only a few are present in a background of billions of normal blood cells. Celsee’s proprietary platform enables capture and analysis of these rare cells. CTC analysis obviates the need for painful, surgical biopsies by a simple blood test. Right now the same test is able to detect and enumerate CTCs from patients of metastatic breast, prostate, colon or lung cancer patients,” explained Dr Kalyan Handique, President & CEO Celsee Diagnostics.