Competency information
Details
Select and perform the correct genetic tests(s) for samples from patients referred with melanoma
Considerations
- The technical pathway including its limitations and sensitivities and the essential requirement for good laboratory practice and the risks.
- How to identify and describe the potential for error, how this is mitigated and its potential effects.
- Best practice guidelines compared with laboratory practice and any differences between the two.
- Clinical and scientific aspects of melanoma.
- The use of HGVS.
- Internal and external quality assurance (QA).
- Local laboratory procedures for recording results of genetic analysis.
- How to critically appraise relevant literature and databases.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 3 | Outcome Apply the appropriate testing strategy for patients referred for diagnostic testing for colorectal cancer and melanoma |
| # 4 | Outcome Perform the appropriate level of molecular diagnostic testing and monitoring for colorectal cancer and melanoma dependent on histopathological findings |
| # 5 | Outcome Apply the principles of internal quality control and external quality assessment and draw conclusions about assay performance |
| # 8 | Outcome Perform reflex testing for both somatic and germline cancers |