Abstract:Microsatellite instability (MSI) is a phenotypic manifestation of mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency and has been used as a biomarker through NGS-based assays to aid clinical cancer diagnosis and prognosis, as being advantageous over traditional electrophoresis-based tests and immunohistochemistry. Critical to detection accuracy but seldomly systematically discussed and poorly resolved by currently available methods are topics such as influences of changing experimental conditions, MSI-specific duplication remov… Show more
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