Agendia's Breast Cancer Test MammaPrint(R) Standard of Care at Netherlands Cancer Institute - AVL

Huntington Beach, California and Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire)
-- Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, today
announced that its signature breast cancer test MammaPrint(R) will be
offered as standard of care for all eligible early stage breast
cancer patients at the Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van
Leeuwenhoek Hospital (NKI-AVL). The NKI-AVL believes MammaPrint
provides better guidance for decisions regarding adjuvant therapy. As
one of the participating centers in the MINDACT trial NKI-AVL is
already offering MammaPrint to patients and will continue to do so.
In future, however, NKI-AVL will also make MammaPrint available to
patients who fall outside MINDACT's inclusion criteria.

"We are very pleased that MammaPrint will become available for
all eligible breast cancer patients at the NKI-AVL hospital," said
Bernhard Sixt, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of
Agendia. "The NKI-AVL is a worldwide acknowledged center of
excellence and a leading institution in advancing cancer treatment
and care. Agreements with other hospitals and the recent inclusion of
MammaPrint in the updated 2008 clinical practice guidelines of CBO,
the Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement, ensure that an ever
increasing number of breast cancer patients can rely on MammaPrint."

About MammaPrint(R)

MammaPrint is the first 'in vitro diagnostic multivariate index
assay' (IVDMIA) cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA). FDA clearance requires clinical and analytical validation and
reporting systems to ensure patient safety issues are addressed.
Highly accurate, MammaPrint identifies patients with early metastasis
- those patients who are likely to develop metastases within five
years following surgery. Several authoritative studies have shown
that chemotherapy particularly reduces early metastasis risk. In
planning treatment, the MammaPrint test result provides a doctor with
a clear rationale to assess the benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy in
addition to other clinical information and pathology tests.

All MammaPrint tests are conducted in Agendia's CLIA-certified
service laboratory. All other breast cancer recurrence assays
currently marketed have not been subject to the rigorous FDA
clearance process.

About Agendia

Agendia is at the forefront of the personalized medicine
revolution, striving to bring more effective, individualized
treatments within reach of patients. Building on a cutting edge
genomics platform for tumor gene expression profiling, the company's
tests aim to help physicians more accurately tailor cancer
treatments. The company markets four products, with several new
genomic tests under development. In addition, Agendia collaborates
with pharmaceutical companies to develop highly effective
personalized drugs in the area of oncology. Agendia is based in
Huntington Beach, California, and in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. For
more information please visit http://www.agendia.com.

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