Establishing diagnosis and identifying targeted therapies for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors Assessing microsatellite instability
MCMLN - Overview: MayoComplete Melanoma Panel, Next-Generation Sequencing, Tumor
Determining if patients will respond to targeted therapy Assessing microsatellite instability for immunotherapy decisions
MCCRC - Overview: MayoComplete Colorectal Cancer Panel, Next-Generation Sequencing, Tumor
Primarily for determining patient response to various targeted therapies/immunotherapy Predicting prognosis from microsatellite instability status
MCECP - Overview: MayoComplete Endometrial Carcinoma Panel, Next-Generation Sequencing, Tumor
Primarily for determining if patients will respond to targeted therapy Assessment of microsatellite instability for immunotherapy decisions Molecular-based classification of endometrial carcinoma
NGPCM - Overview: MayoComplete Plasma Cell Myeloma, Next-Generation Sequencing, Varies
Evaluating multiple myeloma at the time of diagnosis and at disease relapse or when changing clinical management to provide prognostic information and determine potential therapeutic implications
MISCF - Overview: Miscellaneous Studies Using Chromosome-Specific Probes, FISH
Resolution of unusual or complex structural alterations, questionable mosaicism, and unbalanced chromosome abnormalities that cannot be resolved by chromosome or chromosomal microarray analysis Identifying gain, loss, or rearrangement of...
MCM24 - Overview: Mast Cell Mediators, 24 Hour, Urine
Evaluating patients at risk for mast cell activation syndrome (eg, systemic mastocytosis) using 24-hour urine collections
Evaluation of acute myeloid leukemia using a focused 4-gene panel at the time of diagnosis, or possibly relapsed or refractory disease, to help guide possible therapeutic approaches
Diagnosis of inflammatory demyelinating diseases (IDD) with similar phenotype to neuromyelitis optica (NMO) spectrum disorder (NMOSD), including optic neuritis (single or bilateral) and transverse myelitis Diagnosis of autoimmune myelin...
RPRS - Overview: Rapid Plasma Reagin Screen with Reflex, Serum
Aiding in the diagnosis of recent or past Treponema pallidum infection Rapid plasma reagin screening when T pallidum antibody screen is positive This test is not useful as a screening or confirmatory test for blood donor specimens.
February 2020 - Laboratory Genetics & Genomics - Insights
A 71 yr old female with a history of a central nervous system lymphoma, an allogenic stem cell transplant and graft versus host disease was tested for...
inflammatory-bowel-disease-diagnostic-testing-algorithm.pdf
YES <50 mcg/g <50 mcg/g Abnormal >50 mcg/g Normal ANCA present ASCA IgG and IgA absent ANCA absent ASCA IgG or IgA present ANCA absent ASCA IgG or IgA absent >120 mcg/g50-120 mcg/g NO Assessing a patient...
Find out how our sarcoma panel assesses gene mutations and fusions described in more than 50 types of soft tissue, bone, and other mesenchymal tumors....
July 2019 — Cardiovascular - Insights
A 50-year-old man who was known to have systemic hypertension developed sudden onset of severe back pain with associated diaphoresis. He lost...
Mayo Clinic’s Neuro-Oncology practice, the Division of Laboratory Genetics and Genomics tests about 50 brain tumors a week, and upwards of 1,500 brain tumors a year from all over the world....