A simple, convenient ordering process
Ordering a Foundation Medicine service is a simple, convenient process and our turnaround times (time from receipt of sample at our laboratory in United States to receiving Foundation Medicine report: less than 2 weeks for FoundationOne Liquid CDx, 14 days for FoundationOne CDx, 21 days for FoundationOne Heme) are comparable to less comprehensive tests.Ordering a Foundation Medicine service
Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) specimens, including cut slide specimens, are acceptable
Peripheral blood, bone marrow aspirate or FFPE tissue specimens may be used with ≥20% tumour cell content
PD-L1 by IHC can be ordered as a supplemental test
PD-L1 expression (based on IHC) does not correlate with tumour mutational burden (TMB). Therefore, PD-L1 testing and TMB status could complement each other for guiding cancer immunotherapy treatment.1–3 PD-L1 by IHC can be ordered as a supplemental test.
References
- Kamzi S. Presented at ESMO Immuno Oncology Congress 2017; Geneva, Switzerland: Poster no. 35P.
- Rizvi H et al. J Clin Oncol 2018; 36: 633–641.
- Hellmann MD et al. Cancer Cell 2018; 33: 843–852.e4.