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In his October whitepaper, Amal Thommil pointed out a hard truth: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 "𝗠𝗥𝗗" 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵. As we approach the one-week mark until our live panel, the central question remains: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗥𝗗 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆? Next Wednesday, we’re bringing together leaders from AstraZeneca, City of Hope, and Natera to move past the definitions and dive into the practical trade-offs shaping the next frontier of oncology: • 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 "𝗔𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗲" - We’ll discuss the drive toward lower Limits of Detection (LoD) and whether "more sensitive" always translates to "more meaningful" for clinicians and patients. • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 - Exploring the balance between breadth and depth, and how these priorities shift across different clinical settings. • 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝘀. 𝗔𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 - Analyzing how the choice of assay design impacts utility, from pharmaceutical clinical trials to real-world bedside decisions. • 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻 - Looking toward the potential future of multi-omics, global kitting, and the evolving role of MRD as a regulatory endpoint. 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱. 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟴, 𝟭𝟮:𝟯𝟬 𝗣𝗠 𝗣𝗧 / 𝟯:𝟯𝟬 𝗣𝗠 𝗘𝗧 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲: https://lnkd.in/e2w_PTGZ ______ Before the session, catch up on the foundational challenges highlighted in Amal's White Paper, 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗥𝗗 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: https://lnkd.in/egENhJS8 #MRD #Oncology #LiquidBiopsy #PrecisionMedicine #Diagnostics #CancerResearch #Biotech #DeciBio James Hadfield Neel Talwar Ahmet Zehir Rebecca Burnham, PhD