What is the best place to get genetic testing

[Casper3]

I’ve seen 2places mentioned for genetic testing on this forum. Is one of them better than the other? I had a bone biopsy done at MSKCC back in November but have not gotten the results back yet. It was supposedly done at MSK and not at either of the ones mentioned in posts here. Has anyone used MSK and are they as comprehensive?

[tallguy2]

And his care provider will have to order this from FoundationOne.

[Tall_Allen]

MSK is the home of some of the best genomic testing anywhere.

[Casper3 in reply to Tall_Allen]

I hope MSK is one of the best because I’ve tried everything including brackytherapy,cyber knife,xytiga,xtandi,xofigo and both forms of chemo with no success. So I’m hoping this genetic testing will come up with a treatment that will work.

[Tall_Allen in reply to Casper3]

Unfortunately, there are few genomic mutations that are actionable, and those few are rare. It's an evolving field, but worth taking a look.

[tallguy2 in reply to Tall_Allen]

I hope that 10 years from now the results of genomic testing will be actionable. MDA has my current cancer cells in a clinical trial. Maybe that will help.

[Tall_Allen in reply to tallguy2]

If it one day is, it will be because of you and guys like you who have participated in those clinical trials.

[Namork]

Would it be inconceivable for your treating MO to not seriously consider treatment options based on genetic testing?

I'm not familiar with treatment options over SOC that become more viable in certain mutations.

[Casper3]

Talking to foundation one might be an option but I would have to get another biopsy so they would have tissue to analyze and that would require the doctors ok and would the insurance cover a second biopsy so close to the first one? Would MSK not do as comprehensive analysis as foundation one?

[tallguy2]

Nal...that's what I meant. In my case my MO completed the form and ordered the testing. My insurance paid for all of it, too.

[Hotrod65]

I'm a patient advocate for Foundation Medicine and travel across the Nation for them speaking about my journey and the lifesaving testing they do with Genomic Sequencing and the Advancement of Immunotherapies and precision targeted therapies, have visited and spoken at both their facilities in Boston and N.Carolina...im well connected in the company and can provide contacts if desired?

[Casper3 in reply to Hotrod65]

Mostly everyone has recommended Foundation One.since you appear to be connected, if you could provide me with the best person to talk to and their number i would appreciate it . I’m hoping to get MSK’s results when I go for my next appointment on Wednesday but would like to have it repeated at Foundation One to see if their results match Foundation Ones . How long does the analysis take? I had the bone biopsy back in October but they still didn’t have results back in December.

[Hotrod65 in reply to Casper3]

Send me your email address?, The testing takes 2 weeks for their solid tumor sequencing with CDx panel.

[Casper3 in reply to Hotrod65]

Hi hotrod65 thanks. Here’s my e-mail [e-mail]