Pathology Test Details

Item	Details
Laboratory	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital : Dept. Medical Genomics - NSW
Test Name	Comprehensive Non-small cell lung carcinoma
Genes Tested	BRAF,EGFR,KRAS,NRAS
Test Description	Detection of hotspot mutations in BRAF, EGFR, KRAS, NRAS including common indels in EGFR.
Method	Mass Spectrometry
Test Type	Panel
Comment	Multi-gene parallel profiling using OncoFOCUS� that covers over 110 mutations in BRAF, EGFR, KRAS and NRAS.
Test Accreditation	Included In NATA Scope
Clinical Context	Somatic mutation
Sample Required	Either a formalin fixed paraffin embedded tumour block or one H&E stained slide and 5x10�m unstained consecutive sections on uncoated slides. Refer to RCPA Sample requirements for medical genetic testing: http://genetictesting.rcpa.edu.au/Sample-requirements-for-medical-genetic-testing.pdf
Turn Around Time	2 weeks
Medicare Rebate	No Medicare rebate
Pathology Test Last Edit Date	3/07/2017 11:43:49 AM 03-Jul-2017

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