TY - JOUR
T1 - A Step towards Personalised Cancer Treatment in Lower Middle-income Countries (LMICS)
T2 - Molecular Tumour Boards
AU - Hammad Khan, Agha Muhammad
AU - Burney, Ikram
AU - Ansar, Zeeshan
AU - Abbasi, Ahmed Nadeem
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/9
Y1 - 2023/9
N2 - Tumour boards are meetings where physicians from various disciplines treating cancer patients meet to recommend evidence-based or the best possible treatment plan. These meetings have evolved with time and now, in every part of the world; site-specific multi-disciplinary tumour boards are established. These meetings are considered pivotal for improving patient outcomes. The advances in molecular and genetic knowledge and technique and their integration in treatment options have paved the way for multiple therapeutic options. However, the adoption of personalised treatment choices is associated with a huge financial burden, especially in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). A molecular tumour board can help to identify and suggest the most appropriate plan of management.
AB - Tumour boards are meetings where physicians from various disciplines treating cancer patients meet to recommend evidence-based or the best possible treatment plan. These meetings have evolved with time and now, in every part of the world; site-specific multi-disciplinary tumour boards are established. These meetings are considered pivotal for improving patient outcomes. The advances in molecular and genetic knowledge and technique and their integration in treatment options have paved the way for multiple therapeutic options. However, the adoption of personalised treatment choices is associated with a huge financial burden, especially in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). A molecular tumour board can help to identify and suggest the most appropriate plan of management.
KW - Challenges
KW - Genetics
KW - Molecular
KW - Personalised
KW - Physicians
KW - Humans
KW - Developing Countries
KW - Knowledge
KW - Neoplasms/genetics
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U2 - 10.29271/jcpsp.2023.09.1070
DO - 10.29271/jcpsp.2023.09.1070
M3 - Review article
C2 - 37691373
AN - SCOPUS:85170488884
SN - 1022-386X
VL - 33
SP - 1070
EP - 1072
JO - Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
JF - Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
IS - 9
ER -