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On Feb 12 and Feb 13, 2018, the National Cancer Policy Forum is holding a public workshop examine strategies to ensure that patients have access to appropriate oncologic pathology and imaging expertise and technologies to inform their cancer diagnosis, treatment planning, assessment of treatment response, and oncologic surveillance.
Improving Cancer Diagnosis and Care: Patient Access to Oncologic Imaging and Pathology Expertise and Technologies: A Workshop Potential strategies that will be explored include opportunities to develop and maintain a workforce with oncologic imaging and pathology competencies and the role of new technologies and models of care to improve access to this expertise. The workshop will feature invited presentations and panel discussions on topics that may include: •Training needs for clinicians who interpret pathology and imaging results for patients with cancer. •Models of care that can improve patient access to cancer specialists in pathology and radiology and implications on patient outcomes and clinical practice. •Opportunities to enhance collaboration among pathologists, radiologists, and oncologists to improve diagnostic testing and treatment decision-making for patients with cancer. •Challenges and opportunities for technologies to facilitate improved diagnostic decision-making among specialists and generalists. •Potential role of new advances in imaging and pathology technologies to improve decision making for patients with cancer. To follow the discussion, search for the Twitter hashtag #NatlCancerForum to see what is being discussed. Comments are closed.
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