Description
The Ion Torrent Oncomine Comprehensive Assay Plus GX is a targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) assay that provides a comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) solution appropriate for formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) research samples from solid tumors. The assay allows concurrent analysis of DNA and RNA to simultaneously detect a broad range of genomic alterations from 517 genes, including single-nucleotide variants (SNVs), insertions and deletions (indels), copy number variations (CNVs), and fusions. Additionally, the assay detects genomic signatures such as homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) using genomic instability metric (GIM), tumor mutational burden (TMB), and microsatellite instability (MSI)