Specimen

Whole Blood

Collection Medium:

Minimum:

Preferred minimum volume:  4 mls whole blood in EDTA tube
Absolute minimum volume:   2 mls whole blood in EDTA tube

Rejection Criteria:

Grossly hemolyzed specimens will be rejected.

Delivery Instructions:

Submit specimen to laboratory as soon as possible after collection.

Specimen
Instructions:

Collect Monday - Thursday only.
Do not collect before a weekend or holiday.  Specimen must be received 
by referral laboratory within 72 hours of collection.

Analytic Time:

2 weeks

Reference Range:

An interpretive report will be provided.

Interpretive Data:

This real-time quantitative RT-PCR (Reverse Transcription-Polymerase 
Chain Reaction) for the amplification of FIP-PDGFRA fusion transcript 
generates by interstitial deletion of chromosome 4Q12.  It can also be 
used for monitoring the therapy of patients with this FIP-PDGFRA fusion 
transcript.

Comments:

Bone Marrow is also an acceptable specimen collected in EDTA tube.

Methodology:

Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)

CPT Code:

83891 x 1
83898 x 1
83900 x 1
83901 x 2
83902 x 2
83912 x 1