Aligning cancer quality metrics across the continuum of community-based and academic medicine using a prioritization tool. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 Quality Care Symposium. This ...
The model suggests that negative KRAS findings are believable when the maximum of APC and TP53 frequencies is at least 8% (corresponding posterior probability of false negative <5%). Validation ...
An affordable new BRCA gene test has hit the market, but who should take it? &#151; -- A new genetic testing kit that hits the market today is the most affordable, and arguably one of the simplest, ...
To ensure it complies with the CE marking, the DNA is first isolated from a specimen of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue using the QIAamp DNA FFPE Tissue Kit. The total amount of DNA in the ...
Duchenne (DMD) and Becker (BMD) muscular dystrophies are allelic neuromuscular disorders which are caused by defects of the dystrophin gene, one third of which arising from new mutations. This 2.5-Mb ...
What Is the MTHFR Gene Mutation? The MTHFR gene mutation is a variation in the MTHFR gene. This gene normally tells your body how to make the MTHFR protein. You need this protein to process folate, ...
A new report shows better than 80% concordance between liquid biopsy and tissue biopsy. Liquid biopsy and analysis of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is a viable option for determining the presence of ...
Previously, it was recommended for women who have a family history of breast, ovarian, tubal or peritoneal cancer to be assessed for harmful BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. That recommendation was last made ...
In Brazil, the early detection of genetic alterations in lung cancer through liquid biopsies could be a valuable tool for expediting diagnoses and guiding patient treatment.