Color Genetic Test

[witantric]

Hi all:

I am on AS and was advised to get the color genetic test, which tests genes corresponding to three dimensions: cancer, heart, and medication response.

[1] No mutations identified for genes corresponding to cancer and heart disease.

[2] Genes corresponding to medication response. What should I be looking for here? Frankly, was a bit confused by that part of the report.

One question, which might be silly. Does [1] also mean that certain advanced treatments (if of course I need them down the road) would not be applicable to me? My sense from reading the responses on this forum is that certain advanced therapies are only applicable to people have who have certain mutations.

Regards and fight on.

[Tall_Allen]

PARP inhibitors only work well in people who have BRCA mutations. But those mutations can be germline (inherited), which you now know you don't have, or they can show up later in metastases (called "somatic" mutations).

[witantric in reply to Tall_Allen]

Thanks Tall_Allen. The third battery of tests says: Medication Response Genetic Test. Any idea what that is?

[Tall_Allen in reply to witantric]

I know I got a Color Dx test, but, like yours, it was pretty much useless. What does that section tell you?