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Testicular Cancer Review Panel: Multidisciplinary specialist review of a rare cancer at Kaiser Permanente, Northern California.

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561Background: Testicular cancer is a rare disease; multidisciplinary management by experienced clinicians is recommended. Methods: Multidisciplinary specialized review of all new testicular cancer cases was established in a community setting… Click to show full abstract

561Background: Testicular cancer is a rare disease; multidisciplinary management by experienced clinicians is recommended. Methods: Multidisciplinary specialized review of all new testicular cancer cases was established in a community setting by creating a twice monthly Testicular Cancer Review Panel, comprised of two subspecialized medical oncologists and two surgical urologic oncologists, at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California. An early ascertainment list of new testicular cancer diagnoses was obtained and review of the history, labs, pathology reports, and all relevant imaging was performed via a web-based conference. Urologic cancer fellowship trained pathologists and body fellowship trained radiologists were available for secondary review when requested. All recommendations were documented in patient charts. Results: From June 2016 to June 2017, 131 cases were reviewed. Review by the panel resulted in significant changes in care in 19 of 131 patients (14.5%). Pathology and radiology re-reviews w...

Keywords: testicular cancer; review panel; pathology; review; cancer

Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Oncology
Year Published: 2018

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