Making National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center Knowledge Accessible to Community Oncologists via an Online Tumor Board: Longitudinal Observational Study

Maitri Kalra; Elizabeth Henry; Kelly McCann; Meghan S Karuturi; Jean G Bustamante Alvarez; Amanda Parkes; Robert Wesolowski; Mei Wei; Sarah S Mougalian; Gregory Durm; Angel Qin; Caitlin Schonewolf; Meghna Trivedi; Avan J Armaghani; Frederick H Wilson; Wade T Iams; Anita A Turk; Praveen Vikas; Michael Cecchini; Sam Lubner; Priyadarshini Pathak; Kristen Spencer; Vadim S Koshkin; Matthew K Labriola; Catherine H Marshall; Katy E Beckermann; Marina N Sharifi; Anthony C Bejjani; Varsha Hotchandani; Samir Housri; Nadine Housri; Mednet.org NCI-CCC Tumor Board Program Collaborative Group

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Making National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center Knowledge Accessible to Community Oncologists via an Online Tumor Board: Longitudinal Observational Study

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Making National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center Knowledge Accessible to Community Oncologists via an Online Tumor Board: Longitudinal Observational Study

Maitri Kalra, Elizabeth Henry, Kelly McCann, Meghan S Karuturi, Jean G Bustamante Alvarez, Amanda Parkes, Robert Wesolowski, Mei Wei, Sarah S Mougalian, Gregory Durm, …

JMIR cancer, Vol.8(2), pp.e33859-e33859

05/19/2022

DOI: 10.2196/33859

PMCID: PMC9164098

PMID: 35588361

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Expert knowledge is often shared among multidisciplinary academic teams at tumor boards (TBs) across the country, but these conversations exist in silos and do not reach the wider oncology community. Using an oncologist-only question and answer (Q&A) website, we sought to document expert insights from TBs at National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers (NCI-CCCs) to provide educational benefits to the oncology community. We designed a process with the NCI-CCCs to document and share discussions from the TBs focused on areas of practice variation on theMednet, an interactive Q&A website of over 13,000 US oncologists. The faculty translated the TB discussions into concise, non-case-based Q&As on theMednet. Answers were peer reviewed and disseminated in email newsletters to registered oncologists. Reach and engagement were measured. Following each Q&A, a survey question asked how the TB Q&As impacted the readers' practice. A total of 23 breast, thoracic, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary programs from 16 NCI-CCC sites participated. Between December 2016 and July 2021, the faculty highlighted 368 questions from their TBs. Q&As were viewed 147,661 times by 7381 oncologists at 3515 institutions from all 50 states. A total of 277 (75%) Q&As were viewed every month. Of the 1063 responses to a survey question on how the Q&A affected clinicians' practices, 646 (61%) reported that it confirmed their current practice, 163 (20%) indicated that a Q&A would change their future practice, and 214 (15%) reported learning something new. Through an online Q&A platform, academics at the NCI-CCCs share knowledge outside the walls of academia with oncologists across the United States. Access to up-to-date expert knowledge can reassure clinicians' practices, significantly impact patient care in community practices, and be a source of new knowledge and education.

Knowledge Sharing

Oncology

health education

digital health

TBs

tumor boards

National Cancer Institute–designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers

cancer

health websites

NCI-CCC

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Title: Subtitle: Making National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center Knowledge Accessible to Community Oncologists via an Online Tumor Board: Longitudinal Observational Study
Creators: Maitri Kalra - Indiana University Health
Elizabeth Henry - Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, United States
Kelly McCann - Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, CA, United States
Meghan S Karuturi - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jean G Bustamante Alvarez - West Virginia University
Amanda Parkes - University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robert Wesolowski - The Ohio State University
Mei Wei - University of Utah
Sarah S Mougalian - Yale University
Gregory Durm - Indiana University
Angel Qin - University of Michigan
Caitlin Schonewolf - University of Michigan
Meghna Trivedi - Columbia University
Avan J Armaghani - Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Moffitt Cancer Center University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
Frederick H Wilson - Yale University
Wade T Iams - Vanderbilt University
Anita A Turk - Indiana University
Praveen Vikas - Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
Michael Cecchini - Yale University
Sam Lubner - University of Wisconsin–Madison
Priyadarshini Pathak - Indiana University
Kristen Spencer - Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Rutgers University Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Vadim S Koshkin - Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, CA, United States
Matthew K Labriola - Duke University
Catherine H Marshall - Johns Hopkins University
Katy E Beckermann - Vanderbilt University
Marina N Sharifi - University of Wisconsin–Madison
Anthony C Bejjani - Veterans Health Administration
Varsha Hotchandani - Mednet Inc, New York, NY, United States
Samir Housri - Mednet Inc, New York, NY, United States
Nadine Housri - Yale University
Mednet.org NCI-CCC Tumor Board Program Collaborative Group
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: JMIR cancer, Vol.8(2), pp.e33859-e33859
DOI: 10.2196/33859
PMID: 35588361
PMCID: PMC9164098
NLM abbreviation: JMIR Cancer
ISSN: 2369-1999
eISSN: 2369-1999
Language: English
Date published: 05/19/2022
Academic Unit: Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984359861102771

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