Tumor board documentation is inconsistent, impacting cancer patient care.
- Only 51.7% of cases had adequate documentation, significantly varying by cancer type (5.5% for breast vs. 97.0% for colorectal).
- Among documented cases, 44.7% of notes were unstructured, lacking important details like attendees’ specialties (29.3%) and clinical trial eligibility (15.8%).
Improving documentation standards could enhance the quality of multidisciplinary cancer care.
- 55.7% of notes noted if patients were informed of recommendations, primarily by phone (71.8%).
Journal Article by Riner AN, Alobuia W (…) Cloyd JM et 5 al. in Ann Surg Oncol
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