** Shares of Cancer-focused diagnostics firm NeoGenomics Inc
NEO.O up 7.1% at $16.50 premarket
** Company raises 2023 sales forecast to $555 mln to $565
mln from $545 mln to $555 mln projected previously
** NEO's Q1 sales of $137 mln beat Refinitiv est. of $126.4
mln on strength of its core clinical business
** Quarterly net loss narrowed to $31 mln from $49 mln a
year earlier
** Brokerages including TD Cowen and BTIG raise PTs on stock
after the results
** As of last close, stock up ~67% YTD
(Reporting by Khushi Mandowara in Bengaluru)
((Khushi.Mandowara@thomsonreuters.com;))