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Volume 19, Number 2 • April 2006
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History of tumor site conferences at Baylor University Medical Center

John C. O'Brien, Jr., MD

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Baylor Hospital had a tumor board every Friday morning in the Braniff room in the Hoblitzelle building (present location of the Baylor Radiosurgery Center). During this conference, tumors of all types were presented and discussed. Medical, radiation, and surgical oncologists as well as members of the surgical subspecialties attended. Due to the vast variety of cases and sometimes prolonged discussions, many cases did not get presented or were not considered in depth.