EMQN launches pilot External Quality Assessment (EQA) scheme for PIK3CA testing in Advanced Breast Cancer
Manchester, UK, 4th February 2020: EMQN CIC (“EMQN” or “the Company”), a global leader in external quality assessment (EQA) / proficiency testing (PT) for genomics, today announced it is launching a pilot EQA scheme for PIK3CA testing in patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer.
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*PLEASE NOTE: The Lung cancer (NSCLC) Scheme 2020 is CLOSED as it is full. We cannot accept any more registrations for this schemes.
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