. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Sep 10.

Published in final edited form as: Ann Oncol. 2026 Jun 10;37(10):1437–1449. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2026.05.709

Table 1.

Rubric developed to measure quality in tumor board documentation.

Domain	Criteria	Documentation requirement
Demographics	Age Comorbidities	Demographics, if presented, documented in summary
Tumor characteristics	Primary site Histology TNM Staging HPV status	Tumor characteristics, if presented, documented in summary
Radiology findings	Locoregional findings Distant findings	Imaging modality and findings documented
Pathology findings	Perineural invasion Lymphovascular invasion Extranodular extension	Pathology results and features documented
Discussion	Surgical oncology Medical oncology Radiation oncology Speech language pathology Nursing coordinator Pathology Radiology Treatment recommendation	Involvement and recommendations from multidisciplinary team members documented Final treatment discussion & recommendation documented

Scoring (applied to each criterion): 1 = incorrect or omitted despite discussion; 2 = partial documentation; 3 = complete and comprehensive documentation; NA = not mentioned during tumor board.