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Tumor
Board
Standard 2.6
of the American College of Surgeons, requires weekly cancer conferences,
allowing for review of cancer cases and encouraging multidisciplinary
involvement in planning patient care. At MGHS, Tumor Board meets
every Tuesday from 7am to 9 am in the Conference Center, fulfilling
this requirement.
Medical Oncology/Hematology,
Radiation Oncology, Interventional Oncology, Pathology, Clinical
Imaging, General Surgery, and various other surgeons participate
in discussing each case and offering expertise on treatment. Physicians
from UP Hematology/Oncology participate via Telehealth from Escanaba,
Iron Mountain, Hancock, and Sault St. Marie.
Tumor Board
scheduling is coordinated through Martha from Quality Management,
225-3840. The Cancer Research Department supplies pathology information
for case identification. Cancer Research staff attend Tumor Board
to provide information regarding open research protocols and staging.
The Cancer Research Department is open M-F, 7 AM to 3:30 PM EST,
Phone 225-3422.
SKIN
SCREENS
For
more Information call Janice Marchant at the Cancer Center 906-225-3500
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