Genetic testing of tumour - best/fastest place?

hi all, can anyone recommend the best place to get genetic testing of the tumour and preferably one that is fairly quick? thanks!

thanks cspivak. i think that's the problem at the moment - my dad is way too sick for treatments but i was hoping against hope that something would work out. we got told today he's too sick for another round of chemo and he is not in good shape. the chemo brought the liver enzymes down and the bilirubin was going down too (he has extensive liver mets...it's a marbled appearance on scans and docs say the liver is "full") which looked like good signs. but physically he is really not doing well.

i'm still trying to maintain some hope. i just can't get my head around the fact that he was fine a month a ago and is at this stage now. it's unreal.

i wish we'd just been offered chemo when we found out it was neuroendocrine in early april when there was just one met visible on scans and my dad was still in really good shape.

i hate this disease. it's awful watching my dad go through this. he's a shadow of what he used to be and even his voice has changed because he's so weak. he used to be clear and energetic and now he's just fading so quickly. i am so heartbroken.

Snowcake,

I dont know anything about genetic testing, but i wanted you to know Im sending positive cyber vibes your way, your family is in my prayers

I am sorry as well about the fast deterioration of your Dad's health.

With respect to genetic testing, I guess that you read some publications about typical (?) gene mutations associated with neuroendocrine differentiation of prostate cancer. You could contact the senior ('corresponding') author of one or more of these papers for advice on genetic testing. But I seriously doubt that a therapy based on those data is available right now to benefit your Dad.