Accuracy of next ‐generation sequencing for the identification of clinically relevant variants in cytology smears in lung adenocarcinoma

CONCLUSIONSThe data show a significantly higher likelihood of successful NGS with cytologic smears with more than 100 tumor cells. There was a trend for a higher NGS success rate with Pap smears versus DQ smears. Cancer Cytopathol 2017. © 2017 American Cancer Society.

Source: Cancer Cytopathology - March 7, 2017 Category: Pathology Authors: Jordan E. Baum, Pan Zhang, Rana S. Hoda, Brian Geraghty, Hanna Rennert, Navneet Narula, Helen D. Fernandes Tags: Original Article Source Type: research