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Paired Tumor/Germline Testing for Lynch Syndrome in Endometrial Cancers – A Comprehensive Testing Approach

Session:
#10669
Date:
Sunday, Mar 25, 2018 3:45pm – 4:45pm
Conference:
SGO 2018
Authors:
Beth Souders, Carla Mason, Daniel Chen, Kelly Fulk, Kory Jasperson, L. Senter, Melissa Truelson, Monalyn Umali, Swati Shah
Collaborators:
  • Paired somatic and germline testing provided an explanation for mismatch repair deficient endometrial cancer in 78% of cases
  • 56% of cases would have remained unexplained without the addition of somatic MMR genetic testing.
  • TumorNext-Lynch helps to reduce testing costs, saves clinician and patient time, and provides comprehensive answers
Abstract