Foundation One Test

[Perfetto-Zeynep]

Hi

We want to do the foundation one cdx test. Should we use the tissue from the biopsy performed in April 2020 or should we have a new biopsy?

[GP24]

The tissue from the biopsy last year is good enough. They sometimes use biopsy tissue that's over five yours old.

[Perfetto-Zeynep in reply to GP24]

Thanks for your comment🙏

[Tall_Allen]

New biopsy is better. As the cancer mutates, new targetable sites may arise, others may disappear.

[Perfetto-Zeynep in reply to Tall_Allen]

My father received his first chemotherapy, is it okay to do a biopsy now? There was an infection in the previous biopsythanks for your comment

[Tall_Allen in reply to Perfetto-Zeynep]

I don't know of any reason why not, but ask Foundation One.

[Chugach]

I’ve done both. The liquid biopsy later found markers helpful for me not originally detected (or perhaps not looked for)

[msnik in reply to Chugach]

Hello Chugach,

So glad you brought up liquid biopsy.

May I ask a few questions about the liquid biopsy......did your doctor order it for you? did your insurance cover it? if not, was it very expensive? did it guide you in making a treatment decision?

I just read something recently about two different companies doing it..... Guardant’s Guardant360 CDx and Roche’s FoundationOne Liquid CDx ....

thank you very much.

[Perfetto-Zeynep in reply to msnik]

HiYes our doctor suggested. İnsurance doesn’t cover it. A biopsy was performed a year ago.

Test about 3.500$

[Chugach in reply to msnik]

I did foundation one on the doctor recommendation. They have some program where they waive the patient out of pocket cost. Both times I had genetic testing from Foundation 1, I was never charged. It absolutely guided me to Keytruda which saved my life and has worked amazingly well for me. Good luck and stay strong!