Q. My doctor said there isn’t any new FDA approved drugs for me and is pushing back on ordering the test. What do I do?

Tell your doctor that you want new doors opened. You want new hope. Besides the standard of care, you want to consider targeted therapy, appropriate clinical trials that go after the same molecular targets driving your cancer, or off label treatments that may be effective for your specific tumor mutations. All of these options can be better informed through the results of these tests. If your doctor is still shaking his/her head no, then perhaps it’s time to find a different doctor.