ESMO 2023: Expert Perspectives & Insights into the Testing and Treatment of Melanoma - Episode 3

Differences Between Community and Academic Settings Regarding Biomarker Testing Practices in Metastatic Melanoma

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The panelists emphasize the importance of obtaining tissue for BRAF-mutation testing and dedicated tissue tracking in patients with metastatic melanoma, with immunohistochemistry followed by confirmatory next-generation sequencing, and discuss the promise of liquid biopsies like ctDNA as a future biomarker tracking modality.