Clinical applicability and cost of a 46-gene panel for genomic analysis of solid tumours: Retrospective validation and prospective audit in the UK National Health Service.
Angela HamblinSarah WordsworthJilles M FermontSuzanne PageKulvinder KaurCarme CampsPamela KaisakiAvinash GuptaDenis TalbotMark MiddletonShirley HendersonAnthony CuttsDimitrios V VavoulisNick HousbyIan P M TomlinsonJenny C TaylorAnna SchuhPublished in: PLoS medicine (2017)
This study demonstrates that more extensive tumour sequencing can identify mutations that could improve clinical decision-making in routine cancer care, potentially improving patient outcomes, at an affordable level for healthcare providers.