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Your cancer’s mutations    What is CGP?  Our services

Discover how comprehensive genomic profiling from Foundation Medicine may help open up treatment possibilities for you1–3

Your cancer’s mutations

Cancer occurs due to changes in DNA called mutations that affect the way your cells work and grow.4,5

Each person’s cancer is unique because DNA mutations between cancers differ in type and number.6,7

Even if you have the same type of cancer as someone else, your DNA mutations may differ, and you may need different treatment.6–8

To find out what mutations you may have in your DNA, your care team will take a biopsy to test your cancer.

If certain mutations are found in your cancer cells’ DNA, your doctor may be able to give you a more precise treatment based on this finding. There might be cases where no relevant mutations are found. This is also valuable information, supporting further treatment planning.6–11

Knowing the mutations in your cancer can help you and your doctor understand your treatment options, thereby personalising your treatment.6–11

 

What is comprehensive genomic profiling?

There are several different types of genomic testing, which include single biomarker testing, hotspot testing and comprehensive genomic profiling. They all test your cancer sample for DNA mutations but work in different ways.

Single biomarker testing and hotspot testing only look for predefined individual mutations within limited regions on your cancer cells’ DNA.12,13

Comprehensive genomic profiling provides a more complete picture of your cancer by searching for multiple mutations across a broad region of your cancer cells’ DNA. This increases your chances of finding important mutations right away and may also increase the chance of finding a more precise treatment for you.1–3

 

Foundation Medicine’s services use comprehensive genomic profiling

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Our services

Foundation Medicine offers a high-quality portfolio of comprehensive genomic profiling services that may help you and your doctor better understand your treatment options.1,14–17

There are different tests available for patients with different types of cancer.

FoundationOne®CDx, FoundationOne®Liquid and FoundationOne®Heme search for multiple mutations in your cancer sample to increase your chances of finding a more precise treatment and help personalise your cancer treatment plan.6–11,14–24

Your care team will receive a comprehensive report including the details on your tumour profile as well as therapies and clinical trials for you to discuss together and help guide your treatment plan.6–11,25

The following materials provide further information about FoundationOne CDx, FoundationOne Liquid and FoundationOne Heme:

Foundation Medicine comprehensive genomic profiling and test overview brochure

FoundationOne®CDx brochure for patients with solid tumours

FoundationOne®Liquid brochure for patients with solid tumours

 

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  13. FoundationOne®CDx Technical Specifications, 2018. Available at: www.rochefoundationmedicine.com/f1cdxtech (Accessed August 2019).
  14. FoundationOne®Liquid Technical Specifications, 2018. Available at: https://www.foundationmedicine.com/genomic-testing/foundation-one-liquid (Accessed August 2019).
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  24. FoundationOne®CDx Sample report 2018. Available at: www.rochefoundationmedicine.com/reporting (Accessed August 2019).