Tumor Boards and the Quality of Cancer Care

2012208 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Nancy L. Keating · Massachusetts General Hospital

M. B. Landrum · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Elizabeth B. Lamont · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Sam Bozeman · Harvard University

Lawrence N. Shulman · Harvard University

Barbara J. McNeil · Massachusetts General Hospital

Abstract

We observed little association of multidisciplinary tumor boards with measures of use, quality, or survival. This may reflect no effect or an effect that varies by structural and functional components and participants' expertise.

Topics & Keywords

Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volume 105, Issue 2, pp. 113-121

DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djs502

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