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Stella Diagnostics and Mayo Clinic to Present Data on the Utility of the STLA101 Test for Esophageal Cancer Staging at the 2022 AGA Digestive Disease Week Conference
Stella Diagnostics and Mayo Clinic to Present Data on the Utility of the STLA101 Test for Esophageal Cancer Staging at the 2022 AGA Digestive Disease Week Conference.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n SALT LAKE CITY, May 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stella Diagnostics, Inc. (OTC: SLDX), a molecular diagnostics-based organization optimizing patient management strategies for precancerous and cancerous esophageal diseases, announced today that its abstract titled “Markers in STLA101 Assay Detects Differential Expression to Distinguish Between Intramucosal and Invasive Esophageal Adenocarcinoma” has been selected for presentation during Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2022, which will take place May 21–24, 2022 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA. DDW 2022 is the annual meeting of The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA). Previous DDW conferences have had over 19,000 registrants. Dr. Joe Abdo, Chief Scientific Officer of Stella Diagnostics, said, “By presenting this data to the members of the AGA at DDW 2022, we intend to highlight the dual utility of the STLA101 markers and its newly discovered ability to potentially differentiate stages of esophageal cancer invasion. This presentation highlights that the markers in the STLA101 panel can inform medical providers if their patient’s esophageal cancer is intramucosal or intramuscular. A large percentage of histologic specimens of esophageal tumors do not show sufficient tissue depth to distinguish intramucosal from invasive carcinomas. Here, we show that molecular diagnostics via mass spectrometry may aid in characterizing the depth of invasion, when paired with histology. Knowing if the disease is still within the walls of the esophagus or has begun to invade through the muscle and into the lymph system highway, is incredibly important information for both patients and physicians. We are very pleased to demonstrate the multi-utility of our diagnostic approach.” The data package will be co-presented by Dr. Christopher P. Hartley and Dr. Ameya Patil of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Hartley is a board-certified gastrointestinal pathologist and principal investigator of Stella Diagnostics’ Collaborative Research Agreement with the Mayo Clinic. His research involves several GI diseases and diagnostic modalities, including the assessment of the Company's STLA101 panel that detects and quantifies hallmarks of cancer development in Barrett's esophagus tissue, a precancerous condition with high incidence in the Uni...