By Randy Hurley MD, cTropMed HealthPartners and Regions Hospital Cancer Care Centers Global Health Faculty, University of Minnesota May 17, 2023 The virtual Tanzania-Minnesota tumor board for May 2023 was held last week. (A tumor board was not formally conducted in April 2023 because KCMC cancer center personnel were visiting […]
KCMC-FCCT Tumor Board April 2023
By Randy Hurley MD, cTropMed HealthPartners and Regions Hospital Cancer Care Centers Global Health Faculty, University of Minnesota April 14, 2023 February. A recurring theme continues to be the need for radiation therapy facilities at KCMC to provide adequate cancer care. A case of a 45-year-old man with a plasmacytoma […]
Breast Cancer Screening Added To KCMC’s Screening And Earlier Diagnostic Efforts
By Randy Hurley MD, cTropMed HealthPartners and Regions Hospital Cancer Care Centers Global Health Faculty, University of Minnesota January 18, 2023 In an earlier newsletter I shared the news that the Cancer Care Centre at KCMC had received a grant to develop cervical cancer screening capacity at district hospitals in […]
KCMC-FCCT Tumor Board January 2023
By Randy Hurley MD, cTropMed HealthPartners and Regions Hospital Cancer Care Centers Global Health Faculty, University of Minnesota January 18, 2023 Five cases were presented at the January tumor board that continue to show the complexity of cases challenging the oncologists at KCMC. Two of the cases involved multiple primary […]
KCMC-FCCT Tumor Board November 2022
By Randy Hurley MD, cTropMed HealthPartners and Regions Hospital Cancer Care Centers Global Health Faculty, University of Minnesota November 16, 2022 Our November tumor board was held on Wednesday 11/16/22. Three cases were presented, two of which required neurosurgery expertise and therefore neurosurgeons from the University of Minnesota participated. The […]
KCMC-FCCT Tumor Board October 2022
By Randy Hurley MD, cTropMed HealthPartners and Regions Hospital Cancer Care Centers Global Health Faculty, University of Minnesota October 26, 2022 Three cases were reviewed at the October tumor board video conference: a case of locally advanced acral melanoma, a case of esophageal cancer in a 15-year-old and a case […]
KCMC-FCCT Tumor Board September 2022
By Randy Hurley MD, cTropMed HealthPartners and Regions Hospital Cancer Care Centers Global Health Faculty, University of Minnesota September 27, 2022 Two cases were discussed at the KCMC-Minnesota tumor board this month The first case was a 60-year-old woman with a locally advanced breast cancer manifesting as a 5cm breast […]
KCMC-FCCT Tumor Board August 2022
By Randy Hurley MD, cTropMed HealthPartners and Regions Hospital Cancer Care Centers Global Health Faculty, University of Minnesota August 17, 2022 Two complicated cancer cases were discussed at this month’s tumor board. The first case was a 7-year-old girl with a large 22cm tumor mass involving the right humerus and […]
KCMC-FCCT Tumor Board July 2022
By Randy Hurley MD, cTropMed HealthPartners and Regions Hospital Cancer Care Centers Global Health Faculty, University of Minnesota July 20, 2022 At this month’s tumor board, three advanced and complicated cancer cases were presented, CT and MRI scans reviewed and plans of care discussed. After the hour-long meeting, we were […]
FCCT Tumor Board May 2022
By Randy Hurley MD, cTropMed HealthPartners and Regions Hospital Cancer Care Centers Global Health Faculty, University of Minnesota May 19, 2022 Three Tanzanian cases were discussed during the KCMC-Minnesota multidisciplinary tumor board today that all required surgical oncology input. Three surgical oncologists, in addition to medical and radiation oncologists from […]