** Diagnostics company's IDXG.O shares up ~5% at $4.28 in
premarket trade
** Announces publication of clinical validation study for
thyroid tests in peer-reviewed journal, Diagnostic Cytopathology
** Study shows combination testing with co's thyroid cancer
tests, ThyGeNEXT and ThyraMIR has high sensitivity and
specificity for identifying the cancer
** Study shows better performance of ThyGeNEXT and ThyraMIR
vs. other molecular tests urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nGNX7D4ZtC
** Stock has fallen 18% this year
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