Something I totally forgot to mention in my summary post from the oncology appointment, but was reminded about it today. The team keeps tissue samples from all the stages of this entire process, including from the first time Rory's cancer showed up. That's how they were able to definitively verify that the cancer from the recent biopsy is the exact same cancer as she had before. They must have vault freezers somewhere with rows and rows of bottles of samples. That's not the cool part.
They will be sending a sample from her most recent biopsy to a company who will get the entire genetic sequence on her cancer cells. Then, as FUTURE therapies are developed, they may be able to pick her particular brand of cancer out of their database as one deemed likely to respond favorably. It's the future of medicine!
Full genetic sequencing to unlock future therapy just seems really cool to me.
Preston
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