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Genetic testing plays a major role in precision oncology. The information they provide is instrumental in selecting the best targeted therapies for your unique form of cancer. Genetic testing is sometimes also referred to as genomic testing, genetic screening, and diagnostic testing.
The importance of genetic testing cannot be underestimated. Knowing all of the genetic mutations involved in driving your cancer is the only way to know which targeted therapies will provide you with the most successful treatment outcome.
In order to choose the best targeted therapy, your treatment team must know:
Genetic testing provides all of this information, enabling us to choose the most effective treatment for you.
The interaction between gene mutations is complex. Problems with treatment plans can arise if your doctor doesn’t understand the interplay between the different gene mutations driving your cancer. For example, you need to know that a treatment targeting one genetic mutation will not have unintentionally adverse effects on other mutations.
This is why successful targeted therapy regimes require genetic testing. Happily, medical science has developed a variety of genetic tests that detect mutations in cancer tissue. These genetic tests show whether a specific targeted therapy is likely to benefit a cancer patient.
Typically speaking, these are the two main forms of genetic tests for cancer:
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