CHLA launches OncoKidsSM - a comprehensive DNA and RNA pediatric cancer panel

(Children's Hospital Los Angeles) Today, a team of investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles launched OncoKidsSM, a next-generation sequencing-based panel specifically designed for pediatric cancers. OncoKidsSM is intended to guide the diagnosis and treatment of a child's cancer based on the genomic alterations specific to the child's tumor. The panel was developed by a team comprised of laboratory geneticists, oncologists and pathologists.