Testing

This page includes updates posted to Mayo Clinic Labs during the month of November.

By MCL Education • December 1, 2023

Lisa Rimsza, M.D., explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' unique PM3CX test can accurately determine subtypes of large B-cell lymphoma. Precise diagnosis is critical to choosing appropriate chemotherapy.

By Barbara J. Toman • November 14, 2023

This page includes updates posted to Mayo Clinic Labs during the month of October.

By Michael Hutchison • November 2, 2023

This page includes updates posted to Mayo Clinic Labs during the month of September.

By MCL Education • October 2, 2023

This page includes updates posted to Mayo Clinic Labs during the month of August.

By Michael Hutchison • September 2, 2023

Patients with elevated LDL or "bad" cholesterol face even greater risk if their levels of small dense LDL cholesterol are also high. Vlad Vasile, M.D., Ph.D., and Leslie Donato, Ph.D., explain how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' sdLDL-c assay measures concentrations of the small dense LDL subtype, to better guide clinical care.

By Barbara J. Toman • August 8, 2023

This page includes updates posted to Mayo Clinic Labs during the month of July.

By Michael Hutchison • August 2, 2023

Identifying a precise genetic cause of hearing loss impacts clinical management. Nicole Boczek, Ph.D., and Melanie Meyer, M.S., CGC, explain how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' updated panel yields comprehensive results for optimal patient care.

By Samantha Rossi • August 1, 2023

In this test-specific episode of the "Answers From the Lab" podcast, Wei Shen, Ph.D., explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' new breast cancer panel provides rapid results to guide critical decisions about treatment and screening.

By Barbara J. Toman • July 25, 2023

Sounak Gupta, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' gynecological NGS panels provide focused assessments of gynecological cancers. The cost-effective tests fill the gap between single gene assays and large cancer panels, to inform prognosis and treatment.

By Barbara J. Toman • July 18, 2023

Sounak Gupta, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' urologic panels efficiently inform prognosis and individualized cancer treatment. The carefully curated panels fill the void between single gene assays and large NGS panels.

By Barbara J. Toman • July 11, 2023

This page includes updates posted to Mayo Clinic Labs during the month of June.

By artibabbar • July 6, 2023

In June 2023, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced 28 new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.

By Samantha Rossi • July 6, 2023