FP12.05 The Intrinsic Limitation and Clinical Impact of Mutant Allele-Specific Real-Time PCR-Based EGFR Mutation Assay in NSCLC

Abstract

The detection of driver gene mutations, such as epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations, plays a decisive role in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Cobas EGFR mutation test is a mutant allele-specific real-time PCR assay that is commonly used in daily practice. It has a notable intrinsic detection limitation caused by its primer designs. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a comprehensive mutation assay that does not have the constraint. It will have a higher mutation detection rate but the clinical impact remains uncertain.