Our test repertoire includes standard of care and more comprehensive molecular profiling to identify a deeper understanding of individual tumours and potential clinical trials.
Consist of a DNA and/or RNA component.
DNA component includes clinically relevant variants in EGFR, KRAS, BRAF, ERBB2 and MET exon 14 skipping and includes copy number alterations in EGFR, ERBB2, MET and CDKN2A.
RNA component includes fusions in ALK, ROS1, RET, NTRK1, NTRK2 and NTRK3 and MET exon 14 skipping transcript variants.
Fully covered by MBS items:
- 73437 – includes DNA and RNA component
- 73438 – includes DNA component only
- 73439 – includes RNA component only
Non-MBS eligible: DNA and RNA panel $1148.30 DNA only or RNA only panels $583.65 each.
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
TAT: 2 weeks (from specimen receipt)
Methodology: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using Oncomine Precision Assay (OPA) (ThermoFisher Scientific)
EGFR – DNA only
Fully covered (MBS item 73337)
$337.75 (non-MBS eligible)
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
TAT: <1 Week (from specimen receipt)
Methodology: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using Oncomine Precision Assay (OPA) (ThermoFisher Scientific)
Fully covered (MBS item 73436)
$337.75 (non-MBS eligible)
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
TAT: 2 weeks (from specimen receipt)
Methodology: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using Oncomine Precision Assay (OPA) (ThermoFisher Scientific)
DNA only testing
Sample taken after progression on EGFR TKI is required.
Fully covered (MBS item 73351)
$337.75 (non-MBS eligible)
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
TAT: <1 Week (from specimen receipt)
Methodology: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using Oncomine Precision Assay (OPA) (ThermoFisher Scientific)
BRAF, NRAS, KIT, GNAQ, GNA11
Fully covered (MBS item 73336)
$196.35 (non-MBS eligible)
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
TAT: <1 Week (from specimen receipt)
Methodology: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using Oncomine Precision Assay (OPA) (ThermoFisher Scientific)
KRAS, NRAS, BRAF, PIK3CA
Fully covered (MBS item 73338)
$308.25 (non-MBS eligible)
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
TAT: <1 Week (from specimen receipt)
Methodology: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using Oncomine Precision Assay (OPA) (ThermoFisher Scientific)
KIT, PDGFRA, BRAF
DNA only testing.
If no variants are found by NGS, SDHB and panTRK IHC are performed.
$350 (not MBS covered)
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
- IHC - FFPE block/slides (15 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
TAT: 2 weeks (from specimen receipt)
Methodology: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using Oncomine Precision Assay (OPA) (ThermoFisher Scientific)
PIK3CA
$350 (not MBS covered)
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
TAT: <1 Week (from specimen receipt)
Methodology: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using Oncomine Precision Assay (OPA) (ThermoFisher Scientific)
BRAF, NRAS, KRAS, HRAS, RET, TP53
$350 (not MBS covered).
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
TAT: 2 weeks (from specimen receipt)
Methodology: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using Oncomine Precision Assay (OPA) (ThermoFisher Scientific)
BRAF, NRAS, KRAS, HRAS, RET, TP53 plus OPA RNA alterations
$885 (not MBS covered)
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
TAT: 2 weeks (from specimen receipt)
Methodology: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using Oncomine Precision Assay (OPA) (ThermoFisher Scientific)
$350 (not MBS covered)
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
TAT: <1 Week (from specimen receipt)
Methodology: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using Oncomine Precision Assay (OPA) (ThermoFisher Scientific)
$350 (not MBS covered)
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
TAT: <1 Week (from specimen receipt)
Methodology: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using Oncomine Precision Assay (OPA) (ThermoFisher Scientific)
Small DNA Variants - AKT1, AKT2, AKT3, ALK, AR, ARAF, BRAF, CDK4, CDKN2A, CHEK2, CTNNB1, EGFR, ERBB2, ERBB3, ERBB4, ESR1, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3, FGFR4, FLT3, GNA11, GNAQ, GNAS, HRAS, IDH1, IDH2, KIT, KRAS, MAP2K1, MAP2K2, MET, MTOR, NRAS, NTRK1, NTRK2, NTRK3, PDGFRA, PIK3CA, PTEN, RAF1, RET, ROS1, SMO, TP53.
CNA – ALK, AR, CD274, CDKN2A, EGFR, ERBB2, ERBB3, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3, KRAS, MET, PIK3CA, PTEN.
Covers small DNA variants in targeted hotspot regions, and copy number alterations (CNAs) in selected genes.
$600 DNA (not MBS covered)
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
TAT: 2 weeks (from specimen receipt)
Methodology: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using Oncomine Precision Assay (OPA) (ThermoFisher Scientific)
RNA Fusions - ALK, BRAF, ESR1, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3, MET, NRG1, NTRK1, NTRK2, NTRK3, NUTM1, RET, ROS1, RSPO2, RSPO3
Splice Variants – AR-V7, EGFRvIII, and MET exon 14 skipping variants
$600 RNA (not MBS covered)
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
TAT: 2 weeks (from specimen receipt)
Methodology: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using Oncomine Precision Assay (OPA) (ThermoFisher Scientific)
Small DNA Variants - AKT1, AKT2, AKT3, ALK, AR, ARAF, BRAF, CDK4, CDKN2A, CHEK2, CTNNB1, EGFR, ERBB2, ERBB3, ERBB4, ESR1, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3, FGFR4, FLT3, GNA11, GNAQ, GNAS, HRAS, IDH1, IDH2, KIT, KRAS, MAP2K1, MAP2K2, MET, MTOR, NRAS, NTRK1, NTRK2, NTRK3, PDGFRA, PIK3CA, PTEN, RAF1, RET, ROS1, SMO, TP53.
CNA – ALK, AR, CD274, CDKN2A, EGFR, ERBB2, ERBB3, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3, KRAS, MET, PIK3CA, PTEN.
RNA Fusions - ALK, BRAF, ESR1, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3, MET, NRG1, NTRK1, NTRK2, NTRK3, NUTM1, RET, ROS1, RSPO2, RSPO3
RNA Splice Variants – AR-V7, EGFRvIII, and MET exon 14 skipping variants
Covers small DNA variants in targeted hotspot regions, copy number alterations, fusions and splice variants in selected genes.
$885 RNA & DNA (not MBS covered)
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
TAT: 2 weeks (from specimen receipt)
Methodology: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using Oncomine Precision Assay (OPA) (ThermoFisher Scientific)
Small DNA Variants - AKT1, AKT2, AKT3, ALK, AR, ARAF, BRAF, CDK4, CDKN2A, CHEK2, CTNNB1, EGFR, ERBB2, ERBB3, ERBB4, ESR1, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3, FGFR4, FLT3, GNA11, GNAQ, GNAS, HRAS, IDH1, IDH2, KIT, KRAS, MAP2K1, MAP2K2, MET, MTOR, NRAS, NTRK1, NTRK2, NTRK3, PDGFRA, PIK3CA, PTEN, RAF1, RET, ROS1, SMO, TP53.
CNA – ALK, AR, CD274, CDKN2A, EGFR, ERBB2, ERBB3, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3, KRAS, MET, PIK3CA, PTEN.
$350 per gene (not MBS covered)
TAT: 2 weeks (from specimen receipt)
Methodology: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using Oncomine Precision Assay (OPA) (ThermoFisher Scientific)
Fully covered (MBS item 73377)
$212.50 (non-MBS eligible)
Preferred samples:
FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
- TAT: 2 Weeks (from specimen receipt)
Methodology: Sanger sequencing looking for the c.402C>G p.(C134W) variant.
Comprehensive genomic profiling for solid tumours including small sequence variants (523 genes), gene amplifications, gene fusions (55 genes), tumour mutation burden (TMB) and microsatellite instability (MSI). Contact mol path for further information.
$2,500 (not MBS covered)
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
TAT: ~3 Weeks (from specimen receipt)
BRCA1, BRCA2
$600 (non-MBS eligible)
Fully covered (MBS item 73303 - prostate)
Fully covered (MBS item 73301 - ovarian)
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
Methodology: NGS (QIAseq)
$200 (not MBS covered)
Preferred samples:
- FFPE block/slides (10 x 5-micron sections on positively charged slides)
Methodology: Methylation Specific MLPA (MS-MLPA) & fragment analysis
ctDNA testing
$475 (not MBS eligible)
*The V600E assay does not detect the DNA change c.1799_1800delinsAA, which also results in p.Val600Glu (V600E) also referred to as V600E2.
TAT: 3 Business days
Methodology: Digital droplet PCR (ddPCR)
$475 (not MBS eligible)
TAT: 3 Business days
Methodology: Digital droplet PCR (ddPCR)
$525 (not MBS eligible)
*The V600E assay does not detect the DNA change c.1799_1800delinsAA, which also results in p.Val600Glu (V600E) also referred to as V600E2.
TAT: 3 Business days
Methodology: Digital droplet PCR (ddPCR)
$475 (not MBS eligible)
TAT: 3 Business days
Methodology: Digital droplet PCR (ddPCR)
$525 (not MBS eligible)
EGFR activating variants available for testing:
- c.2573T>G p.(Leu858Arg)
- c.2156G>C p.(Gly719Ala)
- c.2582T>A p.(Leu861Gln)
- c.2235_2249del p.(Glu746_Ala750del)
- c.2236_2250del p.(Glu746_Ala750del)
TAT: 3 Business days
Methodology: Digital droplet PCR (ddPCR)
$475 (not MBS eligible)
TAT: 3 Business days
Methodology: Digital droplet PCR (ddPCR)
$475 (not MBS eligible)
TAT: 3 Business days
Methodology: Digital droplet PCR (ddPCR)
$475 (not MBS eligible)
TAT: 3 Business days
Methodology: Digital droplet PCR (ddPCR)
$475 (not MBS eligible)
TAT: 3 Business days
Methodology: Digital droplet PCR (ddPCR)
$725 (not MBS eligible)
TAT: 3 Business days
Methodology: Digital droplet PCR (ddPCR)
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