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Non-Invasive Testing: A Key to Monitoring Chronic Rejection in Lung Transplantation

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Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome, Post-Transplant, Transplant Rejection

Dr. Yuka Furuya, Medical Director for Lung Transplant at CareDx® spoke with Amy Skiba, Executive Director at the Lung Transplant Foundation, and members of the lung transplant community on October 25, 2023, BOS Education Day, about non-invasive testing.

View the recorded video below to learn more about The AlloSure Lung test. This test is intended to assess the probability of allograft rejection in lung transplant recipients with clinical suspicion of rejection and to inform clinical decision-making about the necessity of allograft biopsy in such patients in conjunction with standard-of-care clinical assessment.

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