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Breast and Ovarian Cancer, HBOC, Hereditary

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Full name:
Breast and Ovarian Cancer, HBOC, Hereditary
Test type:
Clinical
Test specialty:
Molecular Genetics
Test purpose:
Mutation confirmation,
Post-natal Diagnosis,
Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis,
Predictive and Pre-symptomatic diagnosis,
Therapeutic Management
Specimen:
Peripheral (whole) blood on EDTA,
DNA
Method category:
Sequence analysis: entire coding region
Deletion/duplication analysis
Method technique:
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
digitalMLPA based techniques
Laboratory:
Centrum Medische Genetica - UZ Gent
RIZIV code:
565552-565563
EQA:
  • 2016 Familial Breast/Ovarian Cancer (full version) EMQN
  • 2018 Familial Breast/Ovarian Cancer (full version) EMQN
  • 2020 Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (panel testing) EMQN
Accreditation (ISO 15189):
2021-09-11 / 2026-09-10
Turnaround time (maximum):
4 months (please inform the lab for urgent cases)
Document(s):
Created:
29 Jul 2019 - 08:47
Changed:
20 Sep 2023 - 13:12
  • Breast and ovarian cancer - UGent
    Gene % of coding sequence sufficiently covered to detect heterozygous mutations Copy number variation Comments
    ATM 100.00 1
    BARD1 100.00 1
    BRCA1 100.00 1
    BRCA2 100.00 1
    BRIP1 100.00 1
    CHEK2 100.00 1
    MLH1 100.00 1
    MSH2 100.00 1
    MSH6 100.00 1
    PALB2 100.00 1
    RAD51C 100.00 1
    RAD51D 100.00 1
    TP53 100.00 1