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@ARTICLE{Westphalen:300293,
author = {C. B. Westphalen$^*$ and L. Boscolo Bielo and P. Aftimos
and H. Beltran and M. Benary$^*$ and D. Chakravarty and M.
Collienne$^*$ and R. Dienstmann and A. El Helali and J.
Gainor and P. Horak$^*$ and C. Le Tourneau and C. Marchiò
and C. Massard and F. Meric-Bernstam and C. Pauli and G.
Pruneri and F. Roitberg and H. E. G. Russnes and D. B. Solit
and N. Starling and V. Subbiah and D. Tamborero and N.
Tarazona and C. Turnbull and J. van de Haar and F. André
and J. Mateo and G. Curigliano},
title = {{ESMO} {P}recision {O}ncology {W}orking {G}roup
recommendations on the structure and quality indicators for
molecular tumour boards in clinical practice.},
journal = {Annals of oncology},
volume = {36},
number = {6},
issn = {0923-7534},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-00746},
pages = {614-625},
year = {2025},
note = {2025 Jun;36(6):614-625},
abstract = {With an increased uptake of genomic profiling in clinical
practice and the evolving complexity of diagnostic
modalities, vast amounts of complex data need to be properly
interpreted and integrated into an individualised care plan.
To address these challenges, molecular tumour boards (MTBs)
have been widely established. As of today, no international
recommendations regulating the composition and workflows of
MTBs have been defined.ESMO's Precision Oncology Working
Group (POWG) established an international expert panel in
precision oncology and defined core areas of interest. After
several consultations and through an expert consensus
process, the group reached a consensus level for each
recommendation.The group defined five components in the MTB
process that are critical to its function and clinical use:
(i) the primary task of MTBs consists in providing
genomic-informed clinical recommendations, particularly for
cases exhibiting complex genomic alterations; (ii) to
achieve this, MTBs should encompass interdisciplinary
expertise, with key roles for oncologists with genomic
expertise, pathologists with molecular training and clinical
geneticists; (iii) MTBs' recommendations should be
documented in a structured report that includes
genomic-informed treatment strategies, management plans for
potential tumour-detected germline alterations and guidance
for additional genomic testing; (iv) structured follow-up
processes should be implemented for monitoring the clinical
effectiveness of MTBs recommendations and (v) finally, the
panel proposed quality indicators for operating MTBs,
including turnaround times for cases discussion and the
proportion of cases for which actionable recommendations and
clinical trial enrolments were successfully
implemented.These ESMO's POWG recommendations can serve as a
guidance and help to define quality standards for MTBs to
allow for harmonisation and to further expedite the
integration of precision oncology into clinical practice.},
keywords = {ESMO (Other) / MTB (Other) / molecular tumour boards
(Other) / precision medicine (Other) / precision oncology
(Other) / targeted therapy (Other)},
cin = {MU01 / BE01 / A420 / B340},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)MU01-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)BE01-20160331 /
I:(DE-He78)A420-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)B340-20160331},
pnm = {311 - Zellbiologie und Tumorbiologie (POF4-311)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-311},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40194904},
doi = {10.1016/j.annonc.2025.02.009},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/300293},
}