A digital second-opinion network answering community oncologists within 72 hours
Any oncologist could send a difficult case, with the records, to a specialist centre and get a written expert opinion back within three days, free to the patient.
Expertise is concentrated in a few centres; most patients are treated elsewhere. Asynchronous e-consultation (as in Project ECHO and tele-tumour boards) works but is patchy. The proposal is a funded national network with a standard case bundle (patient-held record or mCODE export), triage to the right subspecialist, a 72-hour written opinion, structured recording of the recommendation, and outcome follow-up to measure impact.
- Knowledge reaches practice too slowly · Knowledge diffusion is slow: it takes years for a proven result to change what most patients receive, and no one can keep up with the literature.
- Fragmented care and guideline gaps · Patients fall between specialists, wait for referrals and often do not get the treatment guidelines say they should.
- Rare and paediatric cancers without markets · Taken together rare cancers are a fifth of all cancers, but each one alone is too small for a company to invest in.
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