We subsequently compared the diagnostic accuracy of the TEP mRNA classification method with a targeted KRAS (exon 12 and 13) and EGFR (exon 20 and 21) amplicon deep sequencing strategy (∼5,000× coverage) on the Illumina Miseq platform using prospectively collected blood samples of patients with localized or metastasized cancer. The gene discussed is EGFR; the disease is cancer.