Zofia Piotrowska, MD, MHS, shares insights into the challenges and advantages of diagnostic testing practices at Massachusetts General Hospital, including the benefits of on-site testing, the need for less streamlined consent forms, and areas for improvement to expedite the diagnostic testing ordering process.
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Zofia Piotrowska, MD, MHS, and Martin Dietrich, MD, PhD, emphasize the crucial role of molecular testing in disease diagnosis, focusing on the significance of rapid turnaround times and the ability of liquid biopsies to address time-sensitive diagnostic needs.
Even if patients with EGFR-mutated lung cancer progress on amivantamab plus chemotherapy, there is a survival benefit over chemotherapy alone, follow-up analyses of PAPILLON and MARIPOSA-2 showed.
The question of whether to give upfront immunochemotherapy in resectable non–small cell lung cancer, wait until after surgery, or give both remains a hot topic of debate.