Exact Sciences Announces Meriter-UnityPoint Health Now Offering Cologuard®

Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS) today announced that Meriter-UnityPoint Health will now offer Cologuard®, the first and only FDA approved noninvasive stool DNA screening test for colorectal cancer.

Cologuard analyzes a person’s stool to detect both altered DNA and blood known to be associated with colorectal cancer and precancer. Cologuard has been proven to find 92 percent of colorectal cancers in average risk patients with 87 percent specificity. Unlike many other screening options, Cologuard does not require medication, dietary restrictions or bowel preparation prior to taking the test.

“At Meriter, our patients come first. When we have opportunities to get more people screened for a preventable disease like colon cancer, it’s our duty to make that option available to our patients,” said Meriter Medical Group President Dr. Robert Turngren. “There’s no better screening test than the colonoscopy – and that will always be our first recommendation. But for those who are not willing to have a colonoscopy, this is a non-invasive option to provide them. We’re here to prevent illness and save lives.”

Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cancer-related cause of death in the United States. It is often considered the most avoidable, yet least prevented cancer due to the lack of patient compliance with current screening options. Most colorectal cancers develop slowly over several years. Unfortunately, 23 million Americans aged 50 and over do not get screened as recommended.

“Meriter’s adoption of Cologuard will help expand patient access to this clinically significant cancer screening technology,” said Kevin Conroy, President, CEO and Chairman of Exact Sciences. “Compliance with colorectal cancer screening is critical to early detection and potentially prevention. We look forward to working with the healthcare providers at Meriter toward a future where colorectal cancer is identified earlier and survived more often.”

Talk to your doctor about your risk for colorectal cancer and which screening option is right for you. Cologuard is not a replacement for diagnostic colonoscopy or surveillance colonoscopy in high-risk individuals. Both false positives and false negatives do occur with Cologuard. Any positive should be followed by a diagnostic colonoscopy.

Available by prescription only.

About Meriter–UnityPoint Health

Meriter–UnityPoint Health provides comprehensive, coordinated care to patients throughout the Greater Madison area through our clinics, hospital and home care services. Employing more than 3,500 people, Meriter offers primary and specialty care, including heart and vascular, orthopedics, women’s health, and the busiest birthing center in Wisconsin. Meriter is a 2014 recipient of the National Research Corporations’ Top Rated Pediatric Doctors award and a four-time winner of the Most Wired award. For more information, visit meriter.com.

About Exact Sciences Corp.

Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS) is a molecular diagnostics company focused on the early detection and prevention of colorectal cancer. The company has exclusive intellectual property protecting its noninvasive, molecular screening technology for the detection of colorectal cancer. Stool DNA technology is included in the colorectal cancer screening guidelines of the American Cancer Society and the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.exactsciences.com, follow us on Twitter @ExactSciences or find us on Facebook.

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Contacts:

Meriter-UnityPoint Health Marketing Manager
Jessika Kasten, 608-516-2256
jkasten@meriter.com
or
MSLGROUP
781-684-0770
exactsciences@mslgroup.com

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