Comprehensive detection of germline variants by MSK-IMPACT, a clinical diagnostic platform for solid tumor molecular oncology and concurrent cancer predisposition testing

Comprehensive detection of germline variants by MSK-IMPACT, a clinical diagnostic platform for solid tumor molecular oncology and concurrent cancer predisposition testing

Abstract Background The growing number of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) tests is transforming the routine clinical diagnosis of hereditary cancers. Identifying whether a cancer is the result of an underlying disease-causing mutation in a cancer predisposition gene is not only diagnostic for a can...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Donavan T. Cheng, Meera Prasad, Yvonne Chekaluk, Ryma Benayed, Justyna Sadowska, Ahmet Zehir, Aijazuddin Syed, Yan Elsa Wang, Joshua Somar, Yirong Li, Zarina Yelskaya, Donna Wong, Mark E. Robson, Kenneth Offit, Michael F. Berger, Khedoudja Nafa, Marc Ladanyi, Liying Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Medical Genomics
Subjects:
Germline Mutation
Lynch Syndrome
Pathogenic Variant
Cancer Predisposition
Hereditary Cancer Syndrome
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12920-017-0271-4

Similar Items

Similar Items