Table 1 Diagnostic assay types
Assay | Origin | Type | Description (genes) | Size of panel (bases) | Sample volumes (up to June 2016) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Germline | Custom in-house | Amplicon | Predictive and diagnostic panel for routine germline assays (4) | 28.6 Kb | 7822 |
Somatic | Custom in-house | Amplicon | Multiple tumour stream panel for routine somatic assays (16a) | 18.4 Kb | 4325 |
Myeloid | Custom in-house | Amplicon | Myeloid panel for routine haem. assays (26a) | 29.9 Kb | 1311 |
Lymphoid | Custom in-house | Amplicon | Lymphoid panel for routine haem. assays (21a) | 20.0 Kb | 495 |
Clinical trials | Illumina | Dual strand amplicon | Panels for volume clinical trial (41) | 26.4 Kb | 1323 |
Clinical cancer panel | Custom in-house | Hybrid capture | General purpose somatic cancer gene panel for routine clinical use (391a) | 2.34Â Mb | 343 |