TruSight RNA Pan Cancer Panel - Leukemia

Alternate test name

cancer; pediatric; pediatric brain tumor; adolescent cancer; adult cancer; AYA; fusion panel; NGS panel; RNAseq

Gene name / Alternate gene name

1385 Oncology Genes.

For the Complete Gene List, refer to TruSight RNA Pan-Cancer Genes List

Lab area

Haematopathology

Method and equipment

RNA-based assay - TruSight RNA Pan-Cancer Panel (Illumina, Inc.)

Expected turn-around time

10 Business Days

Specimen type

Minimum of 2.0ml Blood or Bone Marrow in an EDTA tube (Lavender Top tube)

Storage and transportation

To avoid compromising specimen integrity, ship Monday through Wednesday only.
Do not ship specimen on the day of or the day before a Canadian statutory holiday.
Canadian Holidays to consider:
• New Year’s Day – January 1
• Good Friday – the Friday before Easter
• Victoria Day – Monday on or before May 24
• Canada Day – July 1
• Civic Holiday – First Monday in August
• Labour Day – First Monday in September
• Thanksgiving – Second Monday in October
• Christmas Day – December 25
• Boxing Day – December 26

To avoid shipping problems:
• To schedule a shipment, contact a freight forwarder who knows how to export medical specimens from your country.
• Ask the forwarder to help you with local regulations, completing the necessary documentation and arranging to clear the shipment through
Canada Customs.
• Transit times may be more than one day. Please take this into account when packaging your samples.

Special requirements

Choose 'Other' on Requisition and Enter 'TruSight'

Requisition

TruSight RNA Pan Cancer Panel - Leukemia - requisition

Background and clinical significance

This panel targets 1385 cancer genes for variant, and fusion detection studies in many RNA sample types including fresh/frozen tissue, blood, bone marrow, and formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue