The Panel

Hereditary cancer risk assessment.

The Panel is the charitable gift at the center of the Program — a unitized hereditary cancer risk-assessment product, donated to qualifying public charities. Its analytical component is a laboratory-developed assay for inherited cancer-risk variants.

The Panel — definition

The Panel is one unitized 50-Gene Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Product consisting of the Collection Kit, the Included Logistics, and the associated one-time Panel Fulfillment Rights, intended to be acquired, owned, held, valued, and transferred together as one commercial unit. Its analytical component, the 50-Gene Assay, is a saliva-based laboratory-developed test that identifies certain inherited germline variants that may be associated with elevated risk for specified cancers. A Panel is not a medical or clinical service and does not screen for, detect, confirm, or diagnose active cancer or any other disease. It is not a medical or clinical service and does not screen for, detect, confirm, or diagnose active cancer or any other disease.

What the Panel is

  • A unitized product: the Collection Kit, the Included Logistics, and the associated one-time Panel Fulfillment Rights. The 50-Gene Assay — the analytical component — is a saliva-based, laboratory-developed assay performed by a Qualified Laboratory holding appropriate CLIA certification.
  • A tool that identifies inherited (germline) variants associated with elevated hereditary cancer risk across a specified set of genes.
  • A charitable gift — donated to qualifying §501(c)(3) public charities whose clinical partners put it to charitable use.

What the Panel is not

  • Not a medical or clinical service provided by the Company.
  • Not a screen, test, or diagnosis for active cancer or any other disease.
  • Not a substitute for the judgment of a qualified medical professional.
The donation model

From gift to charitable use.

The Company’s role is to acquire and donate the Panel. The clinical activity — collection, administration, and follow-up with participants — is carried out by the charity’s clinical partner, under the direction of qualified medical professionals.

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Donate

The Company donates Panels to a qualifying §501(c)(3) public charity.

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Administer

The charity’s clinical partner proctors specimen collection under qualified medical direction.

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Curate

A CLIA-certified laboratory analyzes the specimen and returns results to the clinical partner.

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Follow up

The clinical partner follows up with participants regarding their results.

Learn more

Understand the full Program.

See how the charitable gift of the Panel becomes an allocable deduction for Members.

How the program works