|Articles|December 13, 2013

The Utility of the BRCAvantage Test

Sukumar Nagendran, MD, vice president, medical affairs, Quest Diagnostics, describes BRCAvantage, a test to detect BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.

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Sukumar Nagendran, MD, vice president, medical affairs, Quest Diagnostics, describes BRCAvantage, a test to detect BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.

BRCAvantage was launched in mid-October
The test is a comprehensive solution to help patients and healthcare providers make clinical decisions regarding the prognostic nature of their disease course and treatment interventions
BRCAvantage includes a complete analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 as well as targeted tests for other specific gene mutations and family gene mutations

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