The Follicular Lymphoma, EZH2 Mutation, COBAS test is a real-time, allele-specific PCR test approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the qualitative detection of common mutations in the enhancer of zeste 2 polycomb repressive complex 2 (EZH2) gene in patients with follicular lymphoma.1 Testing is performed on DNA extracted from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) follicular lymphoma tumor tissue and identifies the following variants: Y646N, Y646F or Y646X (Y646H, Y646S, or Y646C), A682G, and A692V.
Test code(s) 39928
Testing is performed on FFPE follicular lymphoma tumor tissue.
Results can be expected 7 days after specimen receipt.
Reference
- cobas® EZH2 Mutation Test. Package insert. Roche Diagnostics Inc; 2020.
- Bödör C, Grossmann V, Popov N, et al. EZH2 mutations are frequent and represent an early event in follicular lymphoma. Blood. 2013;122(18):3165-3168. doi:10.1182/blood-2013-04-496893
- Morin RD, Johnson NA, Severson TM, et al. Somatic mutations altering EZH2 (Tyr641) in follicular and diffuse large B-cell lymphomas of germinal-center origin. Nat Genet. 2010;42(2):181-185. doi:10.1038/ng.518 TAZVERIK® (tazemetostat). Highlights of prescribing information. Epizyme Inc; 2020.
- TAZVERIK® (tazemetostat). Highlights of prescribing information. Epizyme Inc; 2020.
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