therawis diagnostics GmbH is a privately held company with offices located in Munich, Germany, and was founded together with clinicians and scientists of the Technical University of Munich in September 2015.
certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015
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Therawis Diagnostics' licensing and development partner QIAGEN launches predictive therascreen PITX2 test in Europe to guide treatment in high-risk breast cancer.
Therawis Diagnostics and QIAGEN enter into a development and commercialization agreement on predictive biomarkers in oncology.
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Napieralski R, Schricker G, Auer G, Aubele M, Perkins J, Magdolen V, Ulm K, Hamann M, Walch A, Weichert W, Kiechle M, Wilhelm OG.PITX2 DNA-Methylation: Predictive versus Prognostic Value for Anthracycline-Based Chemotherapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients. Breast Care
(Basel). 2021 Oct;16(5):523-531. doi: 10.1159/000510468.
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Napieralski R, Schricker G, Schueren E, Perkins J, Magdolen V, Weichert W, Kiechle M, Wilhelm O: Establishment of a RESEARCH USE ONLY Condensed-Efficient-Fast (CEF) PITX2 workflow for analysis of PITX2 DNA methylation in small tumor tissue samples. Protocol Exchange 2020.
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Napieralski R, Schricker G, Auer G, Aubele M, Perkins J, Magdolen V, Ulm K, Hamann M, Walch A, Weichert W, Kiechle M and Wilhelm OG. PITX2 DNA-methylation: predictive versus prognostic value for anthracycline-based chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer patients. Accepted for publication in Breast Care 2020.
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Schricker G, Napieralski R, Noske A, Piednoir E, Manner O, Schuren E, Lauber J, Perkins J, Magdolen V, Schmitt M, Ulm K, Weichert W, Kiechle M, Martens JWM, Wilhelm OG: Clinical performance of an analytically validated assay in comparison to microarray technology to assess PITX2 DNA-methylation in breast cancer. Sci Rep 2018;8:16861
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Schmitt M, Wilhelm OG, Noske A, Schricker G, Napieralski R, Vetter M, Aubele M, Perkins J, Lauber J, Ulm K, Thomssen C, Martens JWM, Weichert W, Kiechle M: Clinical Validation of PITX2 DNA Methylation to Predict Outcome in High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Anthracycline-Based Chemotherapy. Breast Care (Basel) 2018;13:425-433.
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Schmitt M, Wilhelm OG, Noske A, Schricker G, Napieralski R, Vetter M, Aubele M, Perkins J, Lauber J, Ulm K, Thomssen C, Martens JWM, Weichert W, Kiechle M: Clinical Validation of PITX2 DNA Methylation to Predict Outcome in High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Anthracycline-Based Chemotherapy. Breast Care (Basel) 2018;13:425-433.
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Aubele M, Schmitt M, Napieralski R, Paepke S, Ettl J, Absmaier M, Magdolen V, Martens J, Foekens JA, Wilhelm OG, Kiechle M: The Predictive Value of PITX2 DNA Methylation for High-Risk Breast Cancer Therapy: Current Guidelines, Medical Needs, and Challenges. Dis Markers 2017;2017:4934608.
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Dietrich D, Krispin M, Dietrich J, Fassbender A, Lewin J, Harbeck N, Schmitt M, Eppenberger-Castori S, Vuaroqueaux V, Spyratos F, Foekens J, Ralf Lesche R and Martens JWM. CDO1 Promoter Methylation is a Biomarker for Outcome Prediction of Anthracycline Treated, Estrogen Receptor-Positive, Lymph Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients. BMC Cancer. 2010; 10:247.
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Hartmann O, Spyratos F, Harbeck N, Dietrich D, Fassbender A, Schmitt M, Eppenberger-Castori S, Vuaroqueaux V, Lerebours F, Welzel K, Maier S, Plum A, Niemann S, Foekens JA, Lesche R, Martens JW: DNA methylation markers predict outcome in node-positive, estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer with adjuvant anthracycline-based chemotherapy. Clin Cancer Res 2009;15:315-323.
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Harbeck N, Nimmrich I, Hartmann A, Ross JS, Cufer T, Grutzmann R, Kristiansen G, Paradiso A, Hartmann O, Margossian A, Martens J, Schwope I, Lukas A, Muller V, Milde-Langosch K, Nahrig J, Foekens J, Maier S, Schmitt M, Lesche R: Multicenter study using paraffin-embedded tumor tissue testing PITX2 DNA methylation as a marker for outcome prediction in tamoxifen-treated, node-negative breast cancer patients. J Clin Oncol 2008;26:5036-5042.
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Nimmrich I, Sieuwerts AM, Meijer-van Gelder ME, Schwope I, Bolt-de Vries J, Harbeck N, Koenig T, Hartmann O, Kluth A, Dietrich D, Magdolen V, Portengen H, Look MP, Klijn JG, Lesche R, Schmitt M, Maier S, Foekens JA, Martens JWM: DNA hypermethylation of PITX2 is a marker of poor prognosis in untreated lymph node-negative hormone receptor-positive breast cancer patients. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2008;111:429-437.
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Maier S, Nimmrich I, Koenig T, Eppenberger-Castori S, Bohlmann I, Paradiso A, Spyratos F, Thomssen C, Mueller V, Nahrig J, Schittulli F, Kates R, Lesche R, Schwope I, Kluth A, Marx A, Martens JW, Foekens JA, Schmitt M, Harbeck N, European Organisation for R, Treatment of Cancer PathoBiology g: DNA-methylation of the homeodomain transcription factor PITX2 reliably predicts risk of distant disease recurrence in tamoxifen-treated, node-negative breast cancer patients–Technical and clinical validation in a multi-centre setting in collaboration with the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) PathoBiology group. Eur J Cancer 2007;43:1679-1686.
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