%0 Journal Article
%A Feldheim, Jonas
%A Schmidt, Teresa
%A Oster, Christoph
%A Feldheim, Julia
%A Stuschke, Martin
%A Stummer, Walter
%A Grauer, Oliver
%A Scheffler, Björn
%A Hagemann, Carsten
%A Sure, Ulrich
%A Kleinschnitz, Christoph
%A Lazaridis, Lazaros
%A Kebir, Sied
%A Glas, Martin
%T Telemedicine in Neuro-Oncology-An Evaluation of Remote Consultations during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
%J Cancers
%V 15
%N 16
%@ 2072-6694
%C Basel
%I MDPI
%M DKFZ-2023-01739
%P 4054
%D 2023
%X In order to minimize the risk of infections during the COVID-19 pandemic, remote video consultations (VC) experienced an upswing in most medical fields. However, telemedicine in neuro-oncology comprises unique challenges and opportunities. So far, evidence-based insights to evaluate and potentially customize current concepts are scarce. To fill this gap, we analyzed >3700 neuro-oncological consultations, of which >300 were conducted as VC per patients' preference, in order to detect how both patient collectives distinguished from one another. Additionally, we examined patients' reasons, suitable/less suitable encounters, VC's benefits and disadvantages and future opportunities with an anonymized survey. Patients that participated in VC had a worse clinical condition, higher grade of malignancy, were more often diagnosed with glioblastoma and had a longer travel distance (all p < 0.01). VC were considered a fully adequate alternative to face-to-face consultations for almost all encounters that patients chose to participate in (>70
%K COVID-19 (Other)
%K SARS-CoV-2 (Other)
%K brain (Other)
%K cancer (Other)
%K consultations (Other)
%K glioma (Other)
%K oncology (Other)
%K video (Other)
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:37627083
%2 pmc:PMC10452255
%R 10.3390/cancers15164054
%U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/282355