Scientific evidence

Do largest basal tumor diameter and the American Joint Committee on Cancer's cancer staging influence prognostication by gene expression profiling in choroidal melanoma

Aug 2018

Purpose: to evaluate the prognostication of choroidal melanoma (CM) by the gene expression profiling (GEP) test.

Author: Demirci H, et al.

Publication: American Journal of Ophthalmology

Clinical experience with a multiplexed immunofluorescence tissue biomarker assay (Tissue Cypher BE) in the management of Barrett’s esophagus: a single center experience

Jun 2018

Use of TissueCypher resulted in clinical “upstaging” occurred in 5 of 46 cases, leading to treatment that otherwise might not be pursued.

Author: Diehl D, et al.

Publication: Poster presentation (Su1109) at DDW 2018, Washington DC

Factors affecting dermatologists' use of a 31-gene expression profiling test as an adjunct for predicting metastatic risk in cutaneous melanoma

May 2018

Survey and clinical vingettes to determine the impact of three factors - Breslow thickness, ulceration, and sentinel lymph node biopsy status - on the decision to order the 31-GEP test.

Author: Svoboda R, et al.

Publication: Journal of Drugs and Dermatology

Prospective multicenter clinical impact evaluation of a 31-gene expression profile test for management of melanoma patients

Mar 2018

Initital data from a prospective study assessing the impacy of 31-GEP testing results on clinical management decisions including changes in imaging, laboratory work, and frequency of office visits.

Author: Dillon L, et al.

Publication: SKIN: Journal of Cutaneous Melanoma

Analytic validity of DecisionDx-Melanoma, a gene expression profile test for determining metastatic risk in melanoma patients

Feb 2018

Study was designed to assess the analytical validity of the 31-GEP test.

Author: Cook R, et al.

Publication: Diagnostic Pathology

Guidelines of care for the management of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Feb 2018

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is the second most common form of human cancer and has an increasing annual incidence. Although most cSCC is cured with office-based therapy, advanced cSCC poses a significant risk for morbidity, impact on quality of life, and death. This document provides evidence-based recommendations for the management of patients with cSCC. 

Author: Alam M, et al.

Publication: J Am Acad Dermatol

Performance of a prognostic 31-gene expression profile in an independent cohort of 523 cutaneous melanoma patients

Feb 2018

Multicenter study using GEP was used in combination with SLNB to enhance identification of patients with high-risk melanoma. GEP predicted additional recurrences and distant metastases, improving sensitivity over using SLNB alone.

Author: Zager J, et al.

Publication: BMC Cancer

Impact of gene expression profiling on decision-making in clinically node negative melanoma patients after surgical staging

Feb 2018

Assesed impact of GEP results on the management of clinically node negative cutaneous melanoma patients staged with sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB). 31-GEP was significantly associated with the management of stage I-II melanoma patients after staging with SLNB. Node negative Class 2 patients led to more aggressive management.

Author: Schuitevoerder D, et al.

Publication: Journal of Drugs and Dermatology

Estimating cost savings of pharmacogenetic testing for depression in real-world clinical settings

Jan 2018

Our study utilizes published health care costs and clinical patient outcome data to model the economic impact of pharmacogenetic-guided treatment for depression in a variety of clinical settings.

Author: Maciel A, et al.

Publication: Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat

Systems biology approaches in cancer pathology

Jan 2018

A method for objective quantification of epithelial and stromal biomarkers to generate a tissue profile aiding predictive models for cancer pathology.

Author: DeWard A, et al.

Publication: Methods in Molecular Biology

Improved efficacy with targeted pharmacogenetic-guided treatment of patients with depression and anxiety: A randomized clinical trial demonstrating clinical utility

Jan 2018

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of pharmacogenetics-guided treatment on patients diagnosed with depression and/or anxiety, in a diverse set of clinical settings, as compared to the standard of care.

Author: Bradley, et al.

Publication: J Psychiatr Res

Gene expression signature as an ancillary method in the diagnosis of desmoplastic melanoma

Dec 2017

Assessment of the sensitivity and specificity of 23-GEP in melanocytic lesions with a desmoplastic component.

Author: Clarke L, et al.

Publication: Human Pathology