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@ARTICLE{AlBadarin:303013,
      author       = {E. Al Badarin and O. Chamdine and M. Elayadi and A.
                      Al-Battashi and M. Al Nuaimi and E. T. Alshamsi and L.
                      Hessissen and H. Al-Tarrah and E. Maher and R. Farah and A.
                      Maaz and W. Said and R. Hazaimeh and M. Khader and K. Salami
                      and C. Hawkins and M. S. Abdelbaki and U. Bartels$^*$ and U.
                      Tabori and E. Bouffet and N. Amayiri},
      title        = {{E}xpanding the {P}ediatric {N}euro-{O}ncology
                      {T}eleconference {E}xperience: {F}rom {T}winning to
                      {I}nternational {C}ases {D}iscussions.},
      journal      = {JCO global oncology},
      volume       = {11},
      number       = {11},
      issn         = {2378-9506},
      address      = {Alexandria, VA},
      publisher    = {American Society of Clinical Oncology},
      reportid     = {DKFZ-2025-01460},
      pages        = {e2500023},
      year         = {2025},
      abstract     = {Video teleconferencing in neuro-oncology is feasible and
                      sustainable. The well-established, 20-year long monthly
                      teleconference between King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC),
                      Jordan, and SickKids, Canada, is an example. Since 2018,
                      several regional centers joined these meetings to discuss
                      their patients' management plans. We aim to evaluate this
                      experience.We reviewed the minutes of 56 meetings
                      (2018-2023). Preconference local treatment plans were
                      compared with postconference recommendations. We documented
                      the implementation of recommendations and the impact
                      perceived by the treating oncologists.Two hundred fifty-one
                      patients were discussed: 137 from Jordan and 114 from eight
                      other countries. Four of the 14 participating oncologists
                      had formal pediatric neuro-oncology training. Of the 227
                      patients $(90\%),$ where the local multidisciplinary team
                      had suggested a preconference plan, the teleconference
                      recommendations concurred with the proposed plan in $50\%$
                      of cases, agreed on it and proposed an alternative option in
                      $18\%,$ and disagreed in $32\%.$ The difference in
                      recommendations mostly affected the proposed treatment
                      modality. In $64\%$ of discordant plans and $50\%$ of
                      alternative plans, the treating team applied the
                      recommendations. The main challenges in applying the
                      recommendations were attributed to patient-related factors
                      $(51\%),$ local team consensus on a different plan $(26\%),$
                      or logistic difficulties $(23\%).$ The high patient load,
                      longer involvement in teleconferencing, formal
                      neuro-oncology training, and well-established
                      multidisciplinary team helped the KHCC team formulate more
                      concordant plans.This experience illustrates the potential
                      benefit for physicians to get an expert opinion on
                      challenging cases. The participating oncologists valued the
                      shared educational experience, especially those related to
                      molecular testing and treatment implications. Joining such
                      regional teleconferences is of particular importance to
                      centers with small patient volume or those lacking a
                      pediatric neuro-oncologist.},
      keywords     = {Humans / Child / Medical Oncology: methods / Female / Male
                      / Videoconferencing / Pediatrics: methods / Jordan /
                      Adolescent},
      cin          = {B310},
      ddc          = {610},
      cid          = {I:(DE-He78)B310-20160331},
      pnm          = {312 - Funktionelle und strukturelle Genomforschung
                      (POF4-312)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-312},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {pmid:40644645},
      doi          = {10.1200/GO-25-00023},
      url          = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/303013},
}