Cancer Testing in the Modern Diagnostic Molecular Pathology Laboratory

Dear Colleagues,

The advent of precision medicine in cancer treatment has changed the paradigm of cancer diagnosis. The increase in target therapies that rely on specific biomarker identification with the consequent move from single to multiple biomarker testing has led to the continuous development of new diagnostic strategies. This is strongly affecting the routine in diagnostic molecular pathology laboratories.

In this Special Issue, the modern diagnostic molecular pathology laboratory will be the focus. The Issue will cover how laboratories manage to provide accurate, reliable, and cost‐effective results, as well as the strategies for comprehensive molecular testing from their development to their implementation and clinical/analytical validation. Additionally, the Issue will cover the impact on how quality assurance and competence assessment of diagnostic molecular pathology laboratories are performed.

Dr. José Luís Costa
Guest Editor

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