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Funded Biomarker Testing

Find an overview of funded biomarker testing in Ontario. Information listed includes diagnostic, predictive and prognostic markers, as well as a summary of testing sites.

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Funded Biomarker Testing

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Reflex testing on newly diagnosed adult cases of Ependymoma (infratentorial).

Funded Biomarker Disease Site: Central Nervous System (CNS)
Biomarker: chrom 1q gain, chrom 6q loss
Testing Method:Fluoroscence In Situ Hybridization (FISH), Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Array
Testing Site: Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)

Reflex testing on newly diagnosed adult cases of Ependymoma (infratentorial).

Funded Biomarker Disease Site: Central Nervous System (CNS)
Biomarker: EZHIP, H3 K27me3
Testing Method:Immunohistochemistry (IHC)
Testing Site: Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)

Reflex testing on newly diagnosed adult cases of medulloblastoma.

Funded Biomarker Disease Site: Central Nervous System (CNS)
Biomarker: CTNNB1, INI1/SMARCB1, FLNA, P53*, Nanostring/Methylation for subtyping
Testing Method:Immunohistochemistry (IHC), Nanostring
Testing Site: Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)

TP53 testing should be performed on patients with an abnormal p53.

Funded Biomarker Disease Site: Central Nervous System (CNS)
Biomarker: TP53 SNV
Testing Method:Sequencing
Testing Site: Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)