Test ID: ZH251
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Specimen Type: Tissue
Frequency: Setup: Mon-Fri; Analytic time 12 days
Instructions: Submit a formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue block
Text: Identifying mutations that may support a diagnosis for patients with tumors of the central nervous system
Identifying mutations that may help determine prognosis for patients withtumors of the central nervous system
Identifying central nervous system tumors that may respond to targeted therapies by assessing multiple gene targets simultaneously
Identifying specific mutations within genes known to be associated with response or resistance to specific cancer therapies
Methodology: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-Based Next-Generation Sequencing (PCR is utilized pursuant to a license agreement with Roche Molecular Systems