Implementing a virtual multidisciplinary clinical case discussion to manage rare and complex head and neck cancers: an expert-defined protocol proposal from the Italian Association of Head and Neck Oncology (AIOCC)

Laura D Locati; Irene Herman; Marco Benazzo; Pierluigi Bonomo; Andrea Ferri; Roberto Maroldi; Gabriele Molteni; Paolo Bossi; Ester Orlandi

doi:10.14639/0392-100X-N2368

Implementing a virtual multidisciplinary clinical case discussion to manage rare and complex head and neck cancers: an expert-defined protocol proposal from the Italian Association of Head and Neck Oncology (AIOCC)

Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital. 2023 Feb;43(1):82-84. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-N2368.

Authors

Laura D Locati^#^{1

2}, Irene Herman^#³, Marco Benazzo^{2

3}, Pierluigi Bonomo⁴, Andrea Ferri⁵, Roberto Maroldi^{6

7

8}, Gabriele Molteni⁹, Paolo Bossi^#^{8

10}, Ester Orlandi^#¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Translational Oncology Unit, Maugeri Clinical Research Institutes IRCCS, Pavia, Italy.
² University of Pavia.
³ Department of Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
⁴ Radiation Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
⁵ Maxillo-Facial Surgery Division, Head and Neck Department, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
⁶ Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, ASST-Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.
⁷ AIOCC President.
⁸ University of Brescia.
⁹ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
¹⁰ Medical Oncology, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, ASST-Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.
¹¹ Radiation Oncology Clinical Department, National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO), Pavia, Italy.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Discussione multidisciplinare virtuale per la gestione di casi clinici rari e complessi dei tumori della testa e collo: una proposta di protocollo da parte degli esperti dell’Associazione Italiana di Oncologia Cervico-Cefalica (AIOCC).

Keywords: head and neck cancers; multidisciplinary; telemedicine; tumour board.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Head and Neck Neoplasms*
Head*
Humans
Neck

Grants and funding

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.