A connect-approach in high-grade glioma management; Position statement from the Neuro-Oncology Scientific Club (NOSC), Shiraz, Iran
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- Accepted
- Subject Areas
- Oncology
- Keywords
- Position Statement, Shiraz, Interdisciplinary, High-grade glioma, Neuro-oncology
- Copyright
- © 2016 Ansari et al.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
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- 2016. A connect-approach in high-grade glioma management; Position statement from the Neuro-Oncology Scientific Club (NOSC), Shiraz, Iran. PeerJ Preprints 4:e2575v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2575v1
Abstract
Portraying a robust working-team model in the practice of neuro-oncology requires continued interdisciplinary efforts. The Neuro-Oncology Scientific Club (NOSC) initiative is an interdisciplinary clinical forum promoting the connect-approach across involved disciplines in the management of CNS malignancies. With its provincial founding-panels and national steering board; NOSC has been operational in Iran since 2011. This initiative has pursued its mission through interval strategic meetings, tumor-boards, case-discussions as well as publishing neuro-oncology updates, case study periodicals and newsletters. A provincial meeting of NOSC in Shiraz, put together insights from international practice guidelines, emerging evidence and expert opinions to draw a position statement on high-grade glioma management in adults. The present report summarizes key highlights from the above clinical forum.
Author Comment
The present report outlined the communications and experts’ opinions during the NOSC meet-up 2015, Shiraz, Iran. This is a preprint submission to PeerJ Preprints.