Opinion|Videos|March 14, 2025
Reassessing Biomarkers: Guiding Second-Line Therapy in Upper GI Cancer
Experts discuss how biomarker testing results should be reassessed or expanded upon disease progression and how they guide the selection of second-line therapies or clinical trial enrollment.
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