Our tumor boards aim to provide specialty consultation remotely to best care for patients. The multidisciplinary cancer teams at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center work to develop customized treatment plans that address factors unique to each patient's diagnosis and medical history.
Often in just one day – and under one roof – patients are seen by several specialists and complete the diagnostic procedures needed for a confident assessment of their disease.
A critical piece of this multidisciplinary care comes from our tumor boards. The boards provide a forum where a team of experts from a wide range of specialties meet for in-depth, evidence-based discussion of tumor diagnosis and management. Each program holds its own weekly tumor board, with specialists including medical oncology, surgery, radiology, radiation oncology, pathology, research, clinical trials and epidemiology.
The tumor boards review the clinical history, imaging and pathology of each patient, create individualized treatment plans and identify patients who may benefit from clinical trials.
