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A Molecular Tumor Board (MTB) is a dedicated group of medical experts to evaluate hard-to-treat cancers and provide a personalized healthcare opportunity. [1] It has also been called a Sequencing Tumor Board [2] and it is characterized by the in-depth application of molecular analysis (e.g. genomics and transcriptomics) for a single patient. [2] Molecular Tumor Boards are considered most useful for cancer types for which therapies are not effective, for example, in the case of heterogeneous sarcomas. [1] The boards are composed by clinical oncologists and pathologists alongside other specialists, which vary from institution to institution, but might include geneticists, bioinformaticians and molecular biologists. [1] MTBs are considered to improve clinical outcomes for patients with tumors with unique molecular profiles. [3]
Molecular Tumour Boards have been used by a number of institutions, like the Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center, the Johns Hopkins Hospital [4] and the Moffitt Cancer Center. [5]
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A Molecular Tumor Board (MTB) is a dedicated group of medical experts to evaluate hard-to-treat cancers and provide a personalized healthcare opportunity. [1] It has also been called a Sequencing Tumor Board [2] and it is characterized by the in-depth application of molecular analysis (e.g. genomics and transcriptomics) for a single patient. [2] Molecular Tumor Boards are considered most useful for cancer types for which therapies are not effective, for example, in the case of heterogeneous sarcomas. [1] The boards are composed by clinical oncologists and pathologists alongside other specialists, which vary from institution to institution, but might include geneticists, bioinformaticians and molecular biologists. [1] MTBs are considered to improve clinical outcomes for patients with tumors with unique molecular profiles. [3]
Molecular Tumour Boards have been used by a number of institutions, like the Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center, the Johns Hopkins Hospital [4] and the Moffitt Cancer Center. [5]