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Importantly these assays must be analytically robust in order to provide quality data for important clinical decisions. DNA microarray based gene expression assays measure several analytes simultaneously and can present specific challenges to analytical validation. This study describes the analytical validation of one such assay designed to predict metastatic recurrence in prostate cancer using primary formalin fixed paraffin embedded tumour material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Metastatic Assay was found to be highly reproducible and precise. In conclusion, the studies demonstrated an acceptable analytical performance for the assay and support its potential use in the clinic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.almacgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DX_Analytical-validation-of-a-prognostic-prostate-cancer-gene-expression-_Article.pdf\">Click here to download<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","diagnostics_type":[475],"class_list":["post-1164","diagnostic_resource","type-diagnostic_resource","status-publish","hentry","diagnostics_type-diagnostics-articles"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v26.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Analytical validation of a prognostic prostate cancer gene expression assay using formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue - Diagnostic Services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore Almac&#039;s analytical validation of a prognostic prostate cancer gene expression assay using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.almacgroup.com\/diagnostics\/diagnostic-resource\/analytical-validation-of-a-prognostic-prostate-cancer-gene-expression-assay-using-formalin-fixed-paraffin-embedded-tissue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Analytical validation of a prognostic prostate cancer gene expression assay using formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Explore Almac&#039;s analytical validation of a prognostic prostate cancer gene expression assay using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.almacgroup.com\/diagnostics\/diagnostic-resource\/analytical-validation-of-a-prognostic-prostate-cancer-gene-expression-assay-using-formalin-fixed-paraffin-embedded-tissue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Diagnostic Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-25T16:08:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.almacgroup.com\/diagnostics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Almac_Logo-e1698941154737.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"52\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.almacgroup.com\/diagnostics\/diagnostic-resource\/analytical-validation-of-a-prognostic-prostate-cancer-gene-expression-assay-using-formalin-fixed-paraffin-embedded-tissue\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.almacgroup.com\/diagnostics\/diagnostic-resource\/analytical-validation-of-a-prognostic-prostate-cancer-gene-expression-assay-using-formalin-fixed-paraffin-embedded-tissue\/\",\"name\":\"Analytical validation of a prognostic prostate cancer gene expression assay using formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue - 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