Oncology Toxicity Test
ChemoTox Report™: Breast Cancer
Before Your Treatment Starts, Consider ChemoTox ReportMedically Reviewed by a clinical MD/PhD
$495 + HST
Understanding Your Diagnosis & The Road Ahead
In the first few days after a diagnosis, people are looking for clarity. The important thing you need to know breast cancer is highly treatable.
Medical advancements have made modern treatments incredibly effective.
The outlook for a full recovery is better today than ever before, and many patients go on to live long, healthy, and completely normal lives after their treatment is finished.
Navigating Your Treatment Options
Depending on your diagnosis, your doctor may recommend a combination of treatments, which can include surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy.
Chemotherapy is very effective and may be used with surgery and / or radiation.
Your oncologist carefully selects the best chemotherapy to fight your cancer. The next crucial step is determining whether your body's chemistry is naturally equipped to process that treatment safely.
If chemotherapy is part of your treatment plan, your oncologist will select from a wide variety of medications designed to specifically target the cancer.
While there are many different classes of drugs used to treat breast cancer, two common examples are Capecitabine and 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU). Regardless of the specific combination of medications your doctor prescribes, knowing which chemotherapy you will be taking is the first step in taking an active role in your health journey.
The Side Effects of Chemotherapy
While many side effects are manageable, standard treatment protocols don't always check your individual chemistry before treatment begins. Every chemotherapy drug has a toxic threshold, and how your body handles it depends heavily on your genetic profile.
Some side effects can be permanent, severe, and potentially life-threatening. These reactions can happen during your treatment or manifest as permanent damage long after your chemotherapy regimen has ended.
Analyzing your genetic profile before treatment may provide additional information that can help you and your oncology team make more informed treatment decisions.
In the case of standard breast cancer drugs like 5-FU or capecitabine, missing a genetic processing enzyme can cause severe, life-threatening toxicity.
Almost all major chemotherapy drugs may have consequences that can be severe or permanent.
Chemotherapy drugs are powerful medicines designed to travel throughout the body to find and destroy fast-growing cancer cells. They are highly effective at stopping cancer from spreading.
However, because these medications circulate everywhere, they don't just interact with the cancer; they also interact with healthy cells, causing side effects. This broad reach is what makes the treatment so effective, but it is also the reason why everyone's body responds to the medications differently.
Think of your body as a chemical processing factory. When chemotherapy drugs enters the body, the factory has to break it down and clear it out. Some people are naturally born without the specific enzymes needed to process chemotherapy drugs. If you are missing the enzymes, the toxic drug accumulates in your body, causing severe side effects.
Time to Act
While the 2 to 6-week waiting period between diagnosis and your first day of chemotherapy is the ideal window to prepare, it is never too late to understand your body's chemistry. Whether you are preparing for your first treatment cycle or have already begun your regimen, evaluating how you process these medications is always valuable, especially before major side effects appear. This could be done through a simple and non-invasive test.
Standard hospital blood work does not always check for this. That is why we created a specialized solution designed specifically for you: an at-home laboratory screening that comprehensively analyzes your compatibility with a wide range of breast cancer medications.
This multi-gene screening test checks your body's relevant genetic profile. Our professional clinical report is addressed to your doctor, who may adjust your treatment safely at any stage of your journey.
You do not need a hospital referral to get started.
Trust & Credibility
Directed by Dr. Amin Kerachian MD/PhD
Backed by FDA & Health Canada Precision Medicine Guidelines
Processed in PGX Lab Solutions: a College of American Pathologists (CAP) accredited laboratory and certified by (ISO9001 & ISO27001)
Before Your Treatment Starts, Consider ChemoTox Report
You do not need a hospital referral to get started.