27.01.2022 | Hepatobiliary Tumors
The Next Step in Tumor Board Evolution: Optimizing Care Coordination and Integration
Editorial on “Integrating a Disease-Focused Tumor Board as a Delivery-of-Care Model to Expedite Treatment Initiation for Patients with Liver Malignancies”
verfasst von:
Kevin G. Billingsley, MD, MBA
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Ausgabe 4/2022
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Excerpt
The multidisciplinary tumor board has been an important part of cancer care for decades. In the traditional model, the treating physician, usually a surgeon or medical oncologist, evaluates the patient then presents the patient to the tumor board and a multidisciplinary treatment plan is developed. This approach is considered to be at the center of high-quality cancer care and is one of the features that American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer surveyors verify as they assess clinical cancer programs for accreditation by the Commission on Cancer.
1 Since this model was developed, cancer care has changed dramatically. The routine utilization of advanced imaging techniques for staging, combined modality therapy, and molecular profiling have all combined to make the work of tumor boards even more important, yet difficult to execute in a coordinated sequence
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