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Shares0 Outcomes4Me Inc.and Foundation Medicine Inc. reveals breast cancer patients are not offered genomic testing.
Genomic testing allows doctors to learn more about a tumor’s individual characteristics and ultimately provide the patient with more personalized treatment options.” said Osama Rahma, M.D., Co-Founder and Chief Medical Advisor of Outcomes4Me. “Test results can also expand patient access and eligibility for new and innovative treatments including clinical trials, and have been proven to help prolong a patient’s life. Although Medicare and most healthcare insurance companies cover 100% of the costs associated with genomic profile testing, the data shows that most advanced breast cancer patients don’t get their tumor profiled.”