Treatment decisions increasingly depend on biomarker data, which guide both diagnosis and therapeutic strategies. Currently, biomarker testing in Canada varies significantly among provinces due to disparities in healthcare infrastructure, resource availability, and policy frameworks.

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The creation of pan-Canadian recommendations on the role of predictive biomarker testing for gastric and GEJ cancer represents a landmark effort to standardize and enhance cancer diagnosis and treatment.