Date:3/8/2010

llow physicians and patients to make individualized treatment decisions. In 2004, Genomic Health launched the Oncotype DX® breast cancer test, which has been shown to predict the likelihood of chemotherapy benefit as well as recurrence in early-stage breast cancer. In addition to the widely adopted Oncotype DX breast cancer test, Genomic Health launched its Oncotype DX colon cancer test in January 2010. The company was founded in 2000 and is located in Redwood City, California. For more information, please visit www.genomichealth.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to the belief that the study data support the clinical utility of our test in postmenopausal breast cancer patients with node-negative or node-positive, hormone receptor-positive disease who are treated with either anastrozole or tamoxifen, the belief that using Oncotype DX for breast cancer can allow better-informed decisions to avoid the toxicity and medical costs of chemotherapy, and the amount of the potential cost savings, the belief that the RS result provided statistically significant prognostic value beyon
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