A virtual molecular tumor board platform to improve efficiency and scalability of delivering precision oncology to physicians and their patients

OBJECTIVES: Scalable informatics solutions that provide molecularly-tailored treatment recommendations to clinicians are needed to streamline Precision Oncology in care settings.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We developed a cloud-based virtual molecular tumor board (VMTB) platform that included a knowledgebase, scoring model, rules engine, an asynchronous virtual chat room and a reporting tool that generated a treatment plan for each of the 1725 patients based on their molecular profile, previous treatment history, structured trial eligibility criteria, clinically relevant cancer gene-variant assertions, biomarker-treatment associations, and current treatment guidelines. The VMTB systematically allows clinician users to combine expert-curated data and structured data from clinical charts along with molecular testing data to develop consensus on treatments, especially those that require off-label and clinical trial considerations.
RESULTS: The VMTB was used as part of the cancer care process ...