Detection of cancer-related biomarkers has become a fundamental step for a personalized treatment approach in cancer patients. The “OnkoGenetics™ Molecular Profiling” panel designed for this purpose offers a comprehensive genomic profiling analysis of formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) or fresh tumor tissue samples. “OnkoGenetics™ Molecular Profiling” is used to identify DNA variants in different tumor types and also to detect the immunotherapy biomarkers Tumor Mutation Burden (TMY) and Microsatellite Instability (MSI) . Thanks to the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology, this comprehensive test panel, which allows simultaneous screening of variants in 486 genes , can provide fast and comprehensive results even when the sample amount is low. With the data obtained as a result of OnkoGenetics™ Molecular Profiling and TMY panel:
Tumor Mutation Burden is a new quantitative biomarker that can help predict responses to certain cancer immunotherapies. This value represents the total number of mutations per coding region of a tumor genome. By measuring the amount of somatic mutations in a tumor with TMY, the burden of neoantigens is approximated, thus serving as a marker for the likelihood of the patient benefiting from immunotherapy.