TY - JOUR
T1 - Conceptual framework for precision cancer medicine in Germany
T2 - Consensus statement of the Deutsche Krebshilfe working group ‘Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy’
AU - Westphalen, Benedikt C.
AU - Bokemeyer, Carsten
AU - Büttner, Reinhard
AU - Fröhling, Stefan
AU - Gaidzik, Verena I.
AU - Glimm, Hanno
AU - Hacker, Ulrich T.
AU - Heinemann, Volker
AU - Illert, Anna L.
AU - Keilholz, Ulrich
AU - Kindler, Thomas
AU - Kirschner, Martin
AU - Schilling, Bastian
AU - Siveke, Jens T.
AU - Schroeder, Thomas
AU - Tischler, Verena
AU - Wagner, Sebastian
AU - Weichert, Wilko
AU - Zips, Daniel
AU - Loges, Sonja
AU - Bargou (Würzburg), Ralf
AU - Bläker (Leipzig), Hendrik
AU - Börries (Freiburg), Melanie
AU - Brandts (Frankfurt), Christian
AU - Demes (Frankfurt), Melanie
AU - Desuki (Mainz), Alexander
AU - Döhner (Ulm), Hartmut
AU - Duyster (Freiburg), Justus
AU - Gaisa (Aachen), Nadine
AU - Heine (Bonn), Annkristin
AU - Heining (Dresden), Christoph
AU - Horak (Heidelberg), Peter
AU - Jelas (Berlin), Ivan
AU - Jost (München), Philipp J.
AU - Jung (München), Andreas
AU - Kirchner (München), Thomas
AU - Klauschen (Berlin), Frederick
AU - Kreutzfeldt (Heidelberg), Simon
AU - Kumbrink (München), Jörg
AU - Kunzmann (Würzburg), Volker
AU - Lassmann (Freiburg), Silke
AU - Metzeler (München), Klaus
AU - Möller (Ulm), Peter
AU - Ortiz-Brüchle (Aachen), Nadina
AU - Paret (Mainz), Claudia
AU - Pelusi (Bonn), Natalie
AU - Peters (Freiburg), Christoph
AU - Pfarr (München), Nicole
AU - Richter (Dresden), Daniela
AU - Riedmann (München), Kristina
AU - Rieke (Berlin), Damian
AU - Ritzel (Mainz), Christoph
AU - Schadendorf (Essen), Dirk
AU - Schildhaus (Essen), Hans Ulrich
AU - Schorle (Bonn), Hubert
AU - Seufferlein (Ulm), Thomas
AU - Simon (Hamburg), Ronald
AU - Stenzinger (Heidelberg), Albrecht
AU - Tabatabai (Tübingen), Ghazaleh
AU - Velthaus (Hamburg), Janna Lisa
AU - Werner (Freiburg), Martin
AU - Wild (Frankfurt), Peter J.
AU - Wolf (Köln), Jürgen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Precision cancer medicine (PCM) holds great promises to offer more effective therapies to patients based on molecular profiling of their individual tumours. Although the PCM approach seems intuitive, multiple conceptional and structural challenges interfere with the broad implementation of PCM into clinical practice. Accordingly, concerted national and international efforts are needed to guide the further development and broad adoption of PCM in Germany. With support of the ‘German Cancer Aid’ (Deutsche Krebshilfe [DKH]) a task force ‘Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy’ was implemented. In two workshops supported by the DKH, delegates from the fourteen comprehensive cancer centresidentified key topics essential to implement quality-guided, harmonized and adaptable PCM. Based on an online questionnaire and using a modified Delphi approach, nine statements were drafted and evaluated within the group. These statements could serve as a basis to define a collaborative strategy for PCM in the future with the aim to sustain and further improve its quality.
AB - Precision cancer medicine (PCM) holds great promises to offer more effective therapies to patients based on molecular profiling of their individual tumours. Although the PCM approach seems intuitive, multiple conceptional and structural challenges interfere with the broad implementation of PCM into clinical practice. Accordingly, concerted national and international efforts are needed to guide the further development and broad adoption of PCM in Germany. With support of the ‘German Cancer Aid’ (Deutsche Krebshilfe [DKH]) a task force ‘Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy’ was implemented. In two workshops supported by the DKH, delegates from the fourteen comprehensive cancer centresidentified key topics essential to implement quality-guided, harmonized and adaptable PCM. Based on an online questionnaire and using a modified Delphi approach, nine statements were drafted and evaluated within the group. These statements could serve as a basis to define a collaborative strategy for PCM in the future with the aim to sustain and further improve its quality.
KW - Genomic profiling
KW - Molecular diagnostics
KW - Molecular tumour board
KW - Precision medicine
KW - Precision oncology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086016989&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ejca.2020.04.019
DO - 10.1016/j.ejca.2020.04.019
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32521293
AN - SCOPUS:85086016989
SN - 0959-8049
VL - 135
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - European Journal of Cancer
JF - European Journal of Cancer
ER -