Opinion|Videos|December 25, 2024
Clinical-Decision Making: When to Treat Advanced NSCLC Without Mutational Results
Author(s)Heather A. Wakelee, MD, FASCO, Jacob Sands, MD
Panelists discuss how to balance the need for comprehensive biomarker testing with the urgency to initiate treatment in patients with advanced disease and explore situations where treatment might be started before test results are available.
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Episodes in this series
- Dr Wakelee: Please comment on balancing the need for comprehensive biomarker testing with the urgency to start treatment, especially in patients with advanced disease.
- In what types of situations would you initiate treatment prior to having test results?
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