OncoKidsSM: A Comprehensive Next-Generation Sequencing Panel for Pediatric Malignancies

The OncoKidsSM panel is an amplification-based next-generation sequencing assay designed to detect diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic markers across the spectrum of pediatric malignancies, including leukemias, sarcomas, brain tumors, and embryonal tumors. This panel uses low input amounts of DNA (20 nanograms) and RNA (20 nanograms) and is compatible with formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded as well as frozen tissue, bone marrow, and peripheral blood. The DNA content of this panel covers the full coding regions of 44 cancer predisposition loci, tumor suppressor genes, and oncogenes; hotspots for mutations in 82 genes; and amplification events in 24 genes.

Source: Journal of Molecular Diagnostics - August 20, 2018 Category: Pathology Authors: Matthew C. Hiemenz, Dejerianne G. Ostrow, Tracy M. Busse, Jonathan Buckley, Dennis T. Maglinte, Moiz Bootwalla, James Done, Jianling Ji, Gordana Raca, Alex Ryutov, Xinjie Xu, Chao Jie Zhen, Jeffrey M. Conroy, Florette K. Hazard, Joshua L. Deignan, Beverly Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research