Rosetta Genomics to Present Multiple Posters at the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncol...( MicroRNAs as Potential Biomarker...),Health

MicroRNAs as Potential Biomarkers -- for Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Identification of Tumor Origin in Patients With Cancer of Unknown Primary

(CUP) MicroRNAs Objectively Identify Cancer Types With High Sensitivity and Specificity and Could Revolutionize Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer

Results of microRNA Signature to Identify Tissue Origin Demonstrate

Accuracy Exceeding 90% and Specificity of 99%

REHOVOT, Israel and JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rosetta Genomics Ltd. (Nasdaq:ROSG), a leader in the development of microRNA-based diagnostics and therapeutics, today announced that it will present multiple posters at the upcoming ASCO annual meeting in Chicago. The company also has three publication only abstracts available on ASCO's website. The event will take place from May 30 to June 3 at the McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois.

Presented posters:

1. "MicroRNA signature identifies tissue origin of primary and metastatic tumors"; Tuesday, June 03, 8:00AM - 12:00PM; Hall S102a, abstract # 11028.

Each year approximately 70,000 patients in the United States are diagnosed with cancer of unknown primary (CUP). Accurately identifying the origin of a metastasis can be critical in guiding treatment decisions. Rosetta Genomics' scientists have designed a classifier which assigns a primary site to a cancer sample based on the microRNA expression in the sample. The overall sensitivity of this classifier is approximately 85%, with two-thirds of the samples being classified with high-confidence, reaching accuracy exceeding 90% and specificity of 99%.

2. "Differential microRNA expression in pleural mesothelioma: Implications
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