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@charlotte 12 Many if not most hospitals who provide cancer care have a working tumor board. This is generally a weekly meeting with specialities who provide for cancer patients which included pathology, oncology, radiation oncology and in some cases internal medicine. Other larger medical centers will include other specialties such as gyn-oncology or genetics. The purpose of the tumor board is to discuss patients who have complicated diagnoses and needs in order to decide, in a collaborative way, what is a recommended treatment plan.

National Cancer Institute: Tumor Board Review

-- https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/tumor-board-review

I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Since my diagnosis was not complex and the cancer was not aggressive my gyn-oncologist did not bring my case to the tumor board (I know this because my husband is a retired pathologist and this came up during one of my consults).

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Replies to "@charlotte 12 Many if not most hospitals who provide cancer care have a working tumor board...."

yes, thank you - I will find out about my hospital