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CA Cancer J Clin 1987; 37:88-92
doi: 10.3322/canjclin.37.2.88
© 1987 American Cancer Society
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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 37, 88-92, Copyright © 1987 by American Cancer Society

The Role of the Tumor Board In a Community Hospital

Gary Edward Gross M.D.1

1 Cancer Committee Chairman of Medical Center Hospital, and Medical Director of the East Texas Community Oncology Program, in Tyler, Texas.

A hospital tumor board is a multidisciplinary ary group of physicians that meets on a regular basis to review cancer cases. Through regular meetings, the tumor board will improve the quality of cancer care. provide educational opportunities for participants, and become an asset to the hospital and to the community. The use of multidisciplinary tumor-board consultations can ensure that the cancer patient has access to the best current thinking about cancer management. This structure provides the individual practitioner and his hospital with the educational, quality assurance, and legal mechanisms to deliver state-of-the-art care.






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