Competency information
Details
Perform and interpret genomic testing to identify single nucleotide variation for patients referred with lung cancer
Considerations
- The technical pathway including its limitations and sensitivities and the essential requirement for good laboratory practice and the risks.
- Standard of care testing and the value of targeted analysis
- 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 lung cancer.
- The use of digital, light and fluorescent microscopy.
- The use of HGVS.
- Internal and external quality assurance (QA) for genomic analysis.
- Local laboratory procedures for recording results of genomic analysis.
- How to critically appraise relevant literature and databases.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 4 | Outcome Compare the routes of referral of patients for genomic testing from a range of clinical settings. |
| # 5 | Outcome Apply the appropriate genomic testing strategy set in the context of the patient treatment pathway. |
| # 6 | Outcome Appreciate the role of ctDNA in diagnosis and monitoring of disease |