Next Generation Sequencing A Novel Approach to Distinguish Multifocal Primary Lung Adenocarcinomas from Intrapulmonary Metastases

Distinguishing between multiple lung primaries and intrapulmonary metastases is imperative for accurate staging. The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) criteria are routinely used for this purpose but can yield equivocal conclusions. We evaluated whether next generation sequencing (NGS) using the 50 gene AmpliSeq Cancer Hotspot Panel v2 can be used to facilitate this distinction. NGS was performed on known primary-metastatic pairs (8 patients) and multiple lung adenocarcinomas (11 patients).

Source: Journal of Molecular Diagnostics - August 30, 2017 Category: Pathology Authors: Snehal B. Patel, Wendy Kadi, Ann E. Walts, Alberto M. Marchevsky, Andy Pao, Angela Aguiluz, Tudor Mudalige, Zhenqui Liu, Nan Deng, Jean Lopategui Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research