What factors do you use when selecting which NGS platform to use for sequencing solid tumors?

Topics: Gastrointestinal Cancers • Genitourinary Cancers • Pediatric Oncology • Thoracic Malignancies • Medical Oncology

For instance, do you factor availability of RNAseq, inclusion of normal blood controls, and QNS rates into your decision?

Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution

QNS rates are roughly comparable between vendors such as Caris, Tempus, FoundationOne. The presence of normal blood controls can help, but is not a criterion for complete exclusion of a platform for me. Many institutions have established workflow to send tests to a certain company for certain diseas...

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Medical Oncologist at Community Hospital
Great thoughts and answer. I would also challenge ...

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