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What molecular testing are you ordering in the adjuvant and neoadjuvant setting for GI cancers?

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Medical Oncology · Mary Lanning Healthcare Morrison Cancer Center/University of Nebraska Medical Center Adjunct Faculty

The answer depends on the specific GI cancer and the clinical setting (resectable vs. metastatic). Universal NGS is not recommended for resectable non-metastatic colon cancer. MMR/MSI testing and somatic PI3K pathway alterations (including PIK3CA) are recommended for stage II–III disease. Comprehens...

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Medical Oncology · University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

In colon cancer, I order MMR by ICH and MSI by NGS. I also order PIK3CA, etc., testing. In pancreatic cancer, I often get NGS testing given the high chance of recurrence.

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