Forward Look
Improving Patient Care Worldwide
Global tumor boards offer expert advice
.By Robin Meadows
When Paul Goss, an oncologist at Harvard Medical School in Boston, began speaking with doctors from low- and middle-income countries about his breast cancer research in the U.S., he realized that the resources he had access to were beyond what they could ever imagine.
“Young doctors came up to me and pleaded with me to set something up so they could provide better care,” says Goss. So in 2011, he founded the Global Cancer Institute (GCI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving cancer care in low- and middle-income countries. Through Goss’ work with GCI, it became clear to him how many oncologists in these countries had no colleagues to turn to for support in managing their patients’ care. In 2012, he established a global tumor board program that provides virtual meetings where these doctors can present challenging cases to experts from U.S. cancer centers.
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