I just got off of the phone with my husband's oncologist . . . we are having the DNA sequencing testing done at Yale, and hopefully there will be a clinical trial available . . . I'm really pissed at myself right now because I thought this testing had been done already. My husband sees a local oncologist, but we've been checking his treatment every step of the way with his doc at MSK. Part of me feels like I should have been more vigilant, but I thought we were covering all of our bases. My husband has tried 3 different types of chemo, and he also did radiation to the colon. Is this abnormal to wait this long to do the DNA sequencing test? I feel like this should have already been in place . . . I've been reading up on it, and some sources suggest that this type of testing is done when more standard meds aren't working . . . can anyone chime in here and let me know your thoughts . . . I really appreciate it . . . we have no clear answers right now . . . surgeon thinks we should do radiation to the lymph nodes . . . oncologist isn't sure about radiation and wants to get the sequencing results first . . . we have an appointment at MSK on 9/18, and I'm in panic mode . . . please help.
Thank you all,
jep