Cancer is a complex, complicated condition. So if you have a cancer diagnosis, you want as many people as possible working together to treat you. That’s why cancer tumor boards exist — to allow cancer specialist to meet as a team to discuss difficult cancer cases and work out the best way to treat each patient.
Treatment of Cancer is often a multi-modality approach and may include either one or a combination of surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy. Unlike other diseases, in cancer management more than one specialist are often involved in the treatment of various phases of the disease trajectory.
At Cancer Tumor Board consists of specialists in oncology such as, surgical oncologist, Medical Oncologist, Radiation Therapist, Radiologist, Pathologist, Pain and Palliative Oncologist etc. Our tumor board specialists meet on regular basis to review each and every cancer cases. The purpose is to approve in consensus with all specialists the quality of care and to ensure that the cancer patient has access to the best and current treatment in cancer management. During our meetings we diligently review all the patient images, pathology reports etc and discuss the treatment plan and diagnosis. Several case studies have shown that tumor board meetings improve and optimize treatment planning.
Cancer tumor board is a multidisciplinary team effort where patients receive comprehensive care from expert medical teams that focus not only on specific diseases and disorders, but also on caring for the whole person.
