FDA approves Qiagen CDx for gastrointestinal stromal tumors

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The Therascreen PDGFRA kit uses genomic DNA extracted from a patient’s formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor tissue. FFPE tumor specimens are processed using the QIAamp DSP DNA FFPE tissue kit for sample preparation and the Rotor-Gene Q MDx instrument for DNA amplification and mutation detection.