AMP, CAP Publish Validation Guidelines for NGS-Based Oncology Panels

Mar 22, 2017

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The Association for Molecular Pathology and the College of American Pathologists today published a set of guidelines for the validation of next-generation sequencing-based oncology panels, with the aim of improving the quality of sequencing results in the lab and providing better care for cancer patients in the clinic.

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