Targeted Oncology To Launch Virtual Tumor Board

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<em>Targeted Oncology</em>&trade;, a print and digital resource that offers content and expert opinions on precision medicine in oncology, will launch the first Expert Perspective: Virtual Tumor Board on April 30. The Virtual Tumor Board is a video-editorial board discussion that features key opinion leaders from a specific oncological field.

Targeted Oncology&trade;, a print and digital resource that offers content and expert opinions on precision medicine in oncology, will launch the first Expert Perspective: Virtual Tumor Board on April 30. The Virtual Tumor Board is a video-editorial board discussion that features key opinion leaders from a specific oncological field. This first one will focus on chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

&ldquo;We are thrilled to introduce this educational platform for community-based oncologists,&rdquo; said Michael J. Hennessy Jr., president of MJH Associates, Inc., parent company of Targeted Oncology&trade;. &ldquo;Through this initiative, we look forward to empowering oncologists by providing them with the latest updates from their specific field of practice.&rdquo;

The Virtual Tumor Board will feature multiple experts that will provide an in-depth analysis on CLL diagnosis, biomarker testing and therapeutic approaches from a collaborative medical setting. Together, these experts will provide a focused look at multiple case sets from a treatment team perspective to further educate community-based oncologists in this comprehensive series of practice-changing insights.

Key opinion leaders for this virtual tumor board are:

  • Matthew Davids, M.D., MMSc., associate director, Center for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, physician, Dara-Farber Cancer Center, assistant professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • William Wierda, M.D., Ph.D., D.B.Lane Cancer Research Distinguished professor, department of leukemia, division of cancer medicine, executive medical director, professor, department of leukemia, division of cancer medicine, section chief — chronic lymphocytic leukemia, department of leukemia, division of cancer medicine, center medical director, department of leukemia, division of cancer medicine, The University of Texas MD, Anderson Cancer Center
  • Nitin Jain, M.D., assistant professor, department of leukemia, division of cancer medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Adam Bagg, M.D., professor, department of pathology and laboratory medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

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