Optimising head and neck cancer patient management: the crucial contributions of multidisciplinary tumour board decision-making

• Published in: Ecancermedicalscience Vol. 18; p. 1710
• Main Authors: Ayub, Bushra, Qureshi, Fizza Asif, Hassan, Nabeel Humayun, Shaukat, Fatima, Qureshi, Talha Ahmed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Cancer Intelligence 2024
• Subjects: Cancer therapies; Clinical Study; Collaboration; Decision making; Disease; Head & neck cancer; Histopathology; Meetings; Oncology; Patients; Radiation; Squamous cell carcinoma; Surgeons; Tumors; Pakistan; multidisciplinary team; head and neck cancer; multidisciplinary tumour board; squamous cell carcinoma; treatment plan

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck is a great burden globally, which is being tackled through treatment options of surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of these, to avoid disease-related mortality. Multidisciplinary tumour boards play a pivotal role in customisi...