Equitable Access to Genomic Molecular Testing for Australian Cancer Patients: Insights from the Victorian Precision Oncology Summit
Details
Publication Year 2024-08-06,Volume 31,Issue #8,Page 4519-4530
Journal Title
Current Oncology
Publication Type
Meeting report
Abstract
The Victorian Precision Oncology Summit, convened in 2023, was a joint initiative between the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Alliance (VCCC Alliance) and the Monash Partners Comprehensive Cancer Consortium (MPCCC) and was proposed to guide a coordinated state-wide conversation about how the oncology sector can overcome some of the current obstacles in achieving equity of access to clinical cancer genomics for Victorian patients. Themes that emerged from discussion groups at the Summit include standardisation, centralisation, funding, education and communication and insights across those themes are outlined in this manuscript. The event served as a large consultation piece for the development of a broader precision oncology roadmap, which explores equitable access to molecular testing for Victorian patients, currently in development by the VCCC Alliance and MPCCC in collaboration with other key Victorian and national stakeholders. While this symposium was a Victorian initiative, it is felt that the insights garnered from this consultation piece will be of interest to consumer groups, clinicians, researchers, educators, policy makers and other key stakeholders in other states of Australia as well as in other countries implementing comprehensive genomic profiling within complex health systems.
Publisher
MDPI
Keywords
Humans; *Precision Medicine/methods; *Neoplasms/genetics; *Genomics/methods; Australia; Health Services Accessibility; Medical Oncology/methods; Genetic Testing/methods; cancer; comprehensive genomic profiling; equitable access; genomic testing; precision oncology
Department(s)
Medical Oncology
Open Access at Publisher's Site
https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol31080337
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