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Personalised Medicine Genome Sequencing
Hi Everyone My mum battled breast cancer 7 years ago. She has just been diagnosed in her abdomen. Apparently it's very rare to travel there, but nonetheless this is where we are today. I've read a...
There is a study at the Garvan Institute called the MoST study that is doing this: "The Cancer Molecular Screening and
Otherwise I have been told that you can have it done commercially in the US: the FoundationOne Panel.
Therapeutics (MoST) Program - A framework protocol for multiple, parallel, signal-seeking clinical studies of novel olecularly targeted therapies for patients with advanced cancer and unmet clinical need." The Lead Investigator is Assoc Prof Anthony Joshua. I guess you could try contacting them directly, or getting a referral from your oncologist. I'm not sure how easy it is to get in.
Otherwise I have been told that you can have it done commercially in the US: the FoundationOne Panel.
http://www.foundationone.com/ This is in its early stages so the chances of them finding a mutation that already has an approved drug targeted against it is low, so the results may be disappointing, especially if you have used your own money.
All the best!
All the best!