SAN JOSE, Calif., July 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- ITUS Corporation (NASDAQ: ITUS) today announced that due to the significance of positive results as well as strong commercial interest, it has selected breast cancer as the next commercial focus, after prostate cancer, for its Cchek™ non-invasive liquid biopsy cancer detection platform. 

ITUS has previously reported that its Cchek™ technology, which utilizes immune-profiling using flow cytometry coupled with artificial intelligence, has demonstrated the ability to identify twenty different cancer types through a simple blood test.  With prostate cancer and now breast cancer, as the primary focus of ITUS' liquid biopsy test development, Cchek™ is now targeting two of the most common cancers. 

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in women who do not smoke.  Additionally, it is well known that women who have mutations in two genes called BRCA-1 and BRCA-2, have a higher incidence of breast cancer than the general female population.  For example, in the US, approximately 12% of women will develop breast cancer during their lifetimes.  However, 72% of women with one or more mutations in the BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 genes, will develop breast cancer during their lifetimes.

Dr. Amit Kumar, CEO of ITUS stated, "We are announcing our interest in breast cancer, in addition to prostate cancer, for many reasons.  One reason is that the connection between breast cancer incidence and BRCA-1 and -2 mutations is well known.  In recent years, there have been a number of women who have had their breasts and ovaries removed upon learning of their mutation status. This fact was underscored recently by high profile celebrity, Angelina Jolie, undergoing these surgeries.  We hope that Cchek™ will provide a simple, easy way to monitor the occurrence of breast cancer that might impact the decision by mutation positive women to undergo the painful and disfiguring surgeries.  In addition, we feel Cchek™ could be a great way for the general female population to monitor their status, including the millions of breast cancer survivors."

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ITUS, a cancer-focused biotechnology company, is harnessing the body's immune system in the fight against cancer.  Its wholly owned subsidiary, Anixa Diagnostics Corporation, is developing the Cchek^TM platform, a series of non-invasive blood tests for the early detection of solid tumor based cancers, which is based on the body's immunological response to the presence of a malignancy.  Its majority owned subsidiary, Certainty Therapeutics, Inc., is developing CAR-T based immuno-therapy drugs which genetically engineer a patient's own immune cells to fight cancer.  ITUS also continually examines emerging technologies in complementary or related fields for further development and commercialization.  Additional information is available at www.ITUScorp.com.

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