Evaluation of DNA from the Papanicolaou Test to Detect Ovarian and Endometrial Cancers

• DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3004952
• Publication Date: 2013-01-09T19:48:47Z
• Authors: Isaac Kinde; Chetan Bettegowda; Yuxuan Wang; Jian Wu; Nishant Agrawal; Ie-Ming Shih; Robert Kurman; Fanny Dao; Douglas A. Levine; Robert Giuntoli; Richard Roden; James R. Eshleman; Jesus Paula Carvalho; Suely Kazue Nagah...; Nickolas Papadopo...; Kenneth W. Kinzler; Bert Vogelstein; Luis A. Diaz
• Keywords: Massive parallel sequencing

Mutant DNA from ovarian and endometrial tumors can be detected in Pap smear specimens through massively parallel sequencing.