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Diagnostic Kit Claims 100% Detection.(Hiso-RECAF diagnostic kit for detection of breast cancer from BioCurex, Inc.)

Women's Health Weekly

| July 05, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 NewsRX. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

2001 JUL 5 - (NewsRx Network) -- BioCurex, Inc. (OTC:BOCX) announced the first results on use of its Hiso-RECAF diagnostic kit for detection of breast cancer.

Dr. G. Ardao. chief of the department of pathology and Dr. G. Gualco of Montevideo. Uruguay. reviewed a significant number of breast tissue samples selected at random. The samples included malignant, benign (fibroadenomas), and dysplastic (benign diffuse growth) specimens. They reported 100% detection of breast cancer with no false positives among the dysplasias and the benign tumors. Furthermore, several in-situ carcinomas were strongly positive.

A gradient of the intensity of the staining was noticed, from very strong in the malignant cells to almost negative in the benign/normal cells at the periphery of the malignant lesions, thus suggesting a relationship between the expression of RECAF and the degree of malignancy. The results strongly supported BioCurex's technology and validated its core RECAF receptor as a cancer marker for breast tissue. Presently. no other marker provides this level of detection for breast cancer.

The RECAF cancer marker is ...

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