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By Randy Hurley MD, cTropMed HealthPartners and Regions Hospital Cancer Care Centers Global Health Faculty, University of Minnesota Three urologic cases were discussed at the February tumor board. One case involved a patient who had undergone a nephrectomy at an outside institution several years ago for renal cell carcinoma. There […]

By Randy Hurley MD, cTropMed HealthPartners and Regions Hospital Cancer Care Centers Global Health Faculty, University of Minnesota September 20, 2023 The October tumor board was our first multidisciplinary neuro-oncology tumor board. Two cases of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) were discussed. Development of a neuro-oncology program at KCMC was the vision […]

By Randy Hurley MD, cTropMed HealthPartners and Regions Hospital Cancer Care Centers Global Health Faculty, University of Minnesota September 20, 2023 A single case of breast cancer was discussed at the September tumor board. A 52 year-old nulliparous woman with no family history of breast cancer presented with bloody nipple […]

By Randy Hurley MD, cTropMed HealthPartners and Regions Hospital Cancer Care Centers Global Health Faculty, University of Minnesota July 19, 2023 Again, very challenging cases were presented in July 2023. The first case involved a 24-year-old woman with a widely metastatic adenocarcinoma with papillary features with lung liver and lymph […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

By Randy Hurley MD, cTropMed HealthPartners and Regions Hospital Cancer Care Centers Global Health Faculty, University of Minnesota May 16, 2022 Using video conferencing techniques, the first of a planned monthly multidisciplinary tumor board was held Wednesday morning April 20th, 2022, at 7am Minnesota time (3pm Tanzania time). Medical and […]