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What is your approach to asymptomatic patients with progressing lung metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma originally arising from the trachea?

Do you routinely perform molecular testing?
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Medical Oncology · University of Minnesota
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In my practice, it depends on the disease burden and the rate of progression. If it's very slow, and the disease burden is modest, which is not uncommon, then often the risk of potential side effects can outweigh the potential benefit, given the lack of good data on systemic treatment, especially one that arises from the trachea (i.e., are they biologically different than ACCs that arise from salivary glands?). I do NGS on ACCs, given its rarity and lack of good treatment options. At our institution, we also test for androgen receptor expression, although it is not commonly expressed by ACCs. But some do, and we have a clinical trial for such patients.

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