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How many genes are interrogated on F1 CDx?

100

Two tubes

What is the amount of blood needed for F1L and F1H?
100

TMB, MSI, PDL1

What are three biomarkers of response to immunotherapy? 

100

Ten + 1 H&E

What is the number of slides needed for F1CDx testing?

100

Loves Ramen

Who is Ben?

200

Base subs, Indels, CNA, Rearrangements

What are the 4 classes of genomic alterations identified by F1 testing?

200

RNA

What is unique to F1H testing?

200

~ 1 million base pairs

What is the size of sequencing data needed to accurately predict TMB/correlate with WES?

200

30%

What is the optimum % tumor DNA input needed for F1CDx testing?

200

Bartered for the Queen Sweden

Who is Ramon?

300

120 times more

What is the number of samples used for validation of F1CDx vs what is typical?

300

24 hours

How soon after blood or bone marrow aspirate do we need to start testing on F1H fresh specimen?

300

IHC

What is the methodology used for PDL1 testing?

300

25 mm squared

What is the minimum surface area for F1CDx slides/block submission?

300

I'm a rock star.

Who is Alexy?

400

Genomic findings, pertinent negatives, therapies and clinical trials.

What are key components of the F1CDx report?

400

70

How many genes are interrogated on F1L?

400

100 viable tumor cells

What is the minimum tumour cell content required for IHC testing?

400

1 mm cubed

What is recommended tissue volume for F1CDx? 

400

Does a scientific blog and travel blog

Who is Hang?

500

Single gene, hotspot NGS, CGP

What are three approaches to molecular testing?

500

Non-invasive, tumor heterogeneity, resistance mutations

What are advantages of F1L?
500

Germline variants, predicted drivers, polymorphisms

What are removed from the calculation of TMB?

500

Decalcified 

What is a barrier to running bone specimen?

500

We share a birthday.

Who are Deborah Mukherjee and Sandro Cesaro?

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