Table 2 Registry-reported test purposes by laboratory setting
Purpose(s) of test, No (%)a,bAcademic/Hospital
(N = 6312)
Company
(N = 13437)
Institute/Center
(N = 2634)
Other
(N = 1616)
Diagnosis6122 (97.0)13055 (97.2)2631 (99.9)1466 (90.7)
Drug Response63 (1.0)61 (0.5)11 (0.4)12 (0.7)
Monitoring360 (5.7)18 (0.1)5 (0.2)1 (0.1)
Mutation Confirmation4418 (70.0)5260 (39.1)855 (32.5)586 (36.3)
Pre-implantation diagnosis103 (1.6)7 (0.1)23 (0.9)18 (1.1)
Pre-symptomatic2828 (44.8)2083 (15.5)98 (3.7)345 (21.3)
Predictive29 (0.5)530 (3.9)10 (0.4)40 (2.5)
Prognostic93 (1.5)37 (0.3)12 (0.5)4 (0.2)
Recurrence5 (0.1)5 (0.0)1 (0.0)18 (1.1)
Risk Assessment3343 (53.0)1637 (12.2)528 (20.0)160 (9.9)
Screening2138 (33.9)2010 (15.0)415 (15.8)178 (11.0)
Therapeutic Management18 (0.3)126 (0.9)8 (0.3)2 (0.1)
  • a Percentages do not sum to 100 since multiple purposes can be reported for tests

  • b p < 0.001 comparing distribution of test purpose by laboratory setting