Approaches to Biomarker Testing in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

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In this program, Sai-Hong Ou, MD, PhD, discusses biomarker testing for precision medicine in non-small cell lung cancer, emphasizing the importance of both tissue and blood-based genotyping, and the need for a complementary approach due to potential limitations in detecting targetable mutations.

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