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ChromaVision, USC Test Cancer Product

Barbara Marsh covers health care for The Times. She can be reached at (714) 966-7762 and at barbara.marsh@latimes.com

ChromaVision Medical Systems Inc. is pushing ahead with clinical trials, too.

The San Juan Capistrano biomedical company has contracted with several USC doctors to test a product intended to detect minute quantities of cancer cells that have spread away from a patient’s primary tumor to other parts of the body. The company said its product promises to automate the process of assessing the number of dispersed cells in bone marrow.

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