Optional Lunch Session
- Time:
- Friday, November 1, 2019, 1300-1400 hours
- Location:
- Alexander Room, Courtyard by Marriott Toronto Downtown
- Title:
- Implementation of Reflex BRCA Testing: Successes, Challenges and New Opportunities
- Speakers:
- Dr Blaise Clarke (UHN)
- Dr Scott Boerner (UHN)
- Objectives:
- In this presentation, Dr Blaise Clarke and Dr Scott Boerner will summarize results from the inaugural year of reflex BRCA testing at University Health Network. By the end of the talk, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the rationale for BRCA testing in ovarian carcinoma
- Understand impact of different tissue modalities on test performance
- Perform appropriate tissue selection
- Optimize process to reduce inconclusive results and system error