Biocept to Host Key Opinion Leader Webinar on October 14 to Discuss its Proprietary CNSide Assay to Detect and Quantify Cancer that Metastasized to the Central Nervous System

Biocept, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOC), a leading provider of molecular diagnostic assays, products and services, announces an hour-long webinar to be held October 14 at 1 p.m. Eastern time featuring case studies presented by leading neuro-oncologists who have used the company’s CNSide assay in the management of patients with confirmed or suspected central nervous system metastasis. The webinar will feature key opinion leaders Priya U. Kumthekar, MD of Northwestern University and Seema A. Nagpal, MD of Stanford University.

“We appreciate Drs. Kumthekar and Nagpal’s willingness to share their real-world clinical experience with CNSide, in managing patients with a time-sensitive, life-threatening complication of cancer,” said Michael Dugan, MD, Biocept’s Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director. “CNSide provides an enhanced method of cell capture with digital imaging for the quantitative evaluation of tumor cells recovered from cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). This provides a more accurate method of assessing the intracranial response to treatment than more subjective methods currently used to evaluate metastatic cancers involving the central nervous system. Additionally, CNSide can be used to identify biomarkers associated with tumor progression and metastasis to better inform physician treatment decisions and patient care plans, while providing tumor cell counts that can be used by them to more quickly assess both treatment response and disease progression or resistance to treatment.”

“Our goals are to position Biocept as the leader in the emerging category of neurological tumor diagnostics, and to become the provider of choice for biopharma companies seeking to develop therapies to treat cancer that has metastasized to the central nervous system,” said Sam Riccitelli, Biocept’s Chairman and interim CEO. “Our customer base has consistently grown since CNSide’s early access commercial launch in early 2020. More than 100 physicians including physicians from more than one-third of the elite 64 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers have used our product. We estimate the annual market opportunity for CNSide for our initial applications at $1.2 billion in the U.S. and $2 billion globally.”