ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2021
An online tumor board with international neurosurgical collaboration guides surgical decision-making in Western Kenya.
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- Multidisciplinary tumor boards in pediatric surgical oncology: a systematic review of approaches in low- and middle-income countries.Pediatric surgery international · 2025Pooled it
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- Quality Measures for Multidisciplinary Tumor Boards and Their Role in Improving Cancer Care.Global journal on quality and safety in healthcare · 2024Review
- Multidisciplinary approach to cancer care in Rwanda: the role of tumour board meetings.Ecancermedicalscience · 2023Article
- Virtual tumor boards: An approach to equity in cancer care.Health promotion perspectives · 2023Article
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Abstract
Telecollaboration via web-based platforms has emerged as a tool to relieve constraints on the establishment of tumor boards for neurosurgical oncology. Challenging tumor cases arising in low- and middle-income countries may benefit from the use of such models. The case of a 5-year-old boy presenting in Western Kenya with a challenging tumor and symptomatic hydrocephalus was presented on a novel web platform to a multi-national audience of neurosurgeons. The treating neurosurgeon invited a physician network to review the case vignette and radiographic images. Respondents independently offered input during a prescribed response period. Three respondents provided surgical opinions during a 24-h response period. The treating neurosurgeon utilized the pooled input to determine a course of action for the patient. When a web-based platform is available, lone neurosurgeons in low-resource settings may nevertheless apply multi-national, multi-institutional perspectives to challenging oncology cases.
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