Landmark Study Shows Combination of Castle Biosciences' DecisionDx®-UM and PRAME Outperforms Gene Mutation Analysis in Predicting Survival Outcomes in Uveal Melanoma

FRIENDSWOOD, Texas, Dec. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Castle Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSTL), a company improving health through innovative tests that guide patient care, today announced new data from the largest prospective, multicenter study to date comparing next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based gene mutation analysis with the combination of DecisionDx-UM and Preferentially Expressed Antigen in Melanoma (PRAME) gene expression for predicting outcomes in patients with uveal melanoma (UM). The study, titled “Early Genetic Evolution of Driver Mutations in Uveal Melanoma,” was conducted by the Collaborative Ocular Oncology Group (COOG) and recently published in Nature Communications.