Childhood Cancer

Childhood Leukemia

The Tumor Board

Many hospitals have a committee to review surgery, pathology, and radiology findings and discuss potential treatment plans for individual children or teens with cancer. This committee is called the tumor board. Members consist of representatives from the child’s multidisciplinary team, a pathologist, a radiologist, and other senior specialists who deal with childhood cancer. Often, the consensus opinion from the tumor board is the treatment offered to the family. Many centers present individual cases to the tumor board at various times during treatment, such as when the effects of treatment need to be assessed.