Share: SALT LAKE CITY, May 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYGN), a leader in genetic testing and precision medicine, today announced that it will present results from a study with more than 275,000 women validating the use of a new method for polygenic breast cancer risk assessments in women of all ancestries. The new data will be shared in an oral presentation with leading collaborators on June 4 at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. "The polygenic risk score (PRS) is one of the most powerful risk prediction tools in the field of breast cancer, and until now a validated model had not been available to assess women of all ancestries," said Holly Pederson, M.D., director of Medical Breast Services at Cleveland Clinic and presenter of the study. "Our data now provide a framework for a PRS that delivers a personalized genomic breast cancer risk assessment to any and all interested women. The updated PRS, validated and well-calibrated, may be the most exciting clinical development in risk stratification since multi-gene panel testing."