Tumor Board

Welcome to the GYN Tumor Board at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital!

Tumor Board will be held on the 4^th Wednesday of every month from 4:30pm-5:30pm. This will be held virtually via the OncoLens (zoom based) platform. Oncolens is a cloud-based platform which you may access from either you laptop or through a mobile app. The tool is a repository for case information, static images, and pathology slides. During the presentation we also share live radiologic images.

Great Lakes Cancer Care (GLCC) encompasses all of Kaleida (including WNYUA, CCWNY, GLMI, GPPC), ECMC and UBMD, and as some of you may be aware, it is a goal of all the hospitals within GLCC to pursue Commission on Cancer (CoC) accreditation. This quality program is nationally recognized by organizations, including the National Cancer Institute, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, National Quality Forum, American Cancer Society, and The Joint Commission, and represents cancer programs’ commitment to providing the highest level of quality care to patients and their families and/or caregivers.

A vital component of CoC accreditation is multidisciplinary treatment planning through a regularly scheduled tumor board. Cancer conferences/Tumor Boards provide a forum for multidisciplinary physicians and staff to discuss the stage of patients, treatment options, and when applicable, surveillance plans using nationally recognized, evidenced-based guidelines.

CoC guidance details that tumor conference case presentations optimally address the following:

• Discussion of stage, including prognostic indicators, and treatment planning using national, evidence-based treatment guidelines

• Options and eligibility for clinical trial participation

• Methods to address areas that fall below the levels established in the policy

• Prospective cases which include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Newly diagnosed and treatment not yet initiated

  • Newly diagnosed and treatment initiated, but discussion of additional treatment is needed

  • Previously diagnosed, initial treatment completed, but discussion of adjuvant treatment or treatment for recurrence or progression is needed

  • Previously diagnosed, and discussion of supportive or palliative care is needed

• Additional areas recommended for discussion include, but are not limited to:

  • Genetic testing and counseling

  • Palliative care

  • Psychosocial care

  • Rehabilitation services

  • Navigation services

This GYN tumor board will focus on the following disease sites: Cervical, Uterine, Ovarian, Vaginal, Vulvar

If you have a patient that you would like to present at conference, please send a Cortext message to the group “UB GYN Oncology Tumor Board” including the patients name and DOB as well as the patients Diagnosis and reason for presenting. If you do not have access to Cortext, please send a secure email to mhubert@kaleidahealth.org.