Good advice is precious: The use and value of "second opinion" given by an interdisciplinary cancer center;"guter rat ist teuer". Die zweitmeinung aus sicht eines interdisziplinären tumortherapiezentrums

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 132, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 921-926

  Schuhmacher, Christoph ^a   Lordick, F ^a   Bumm, R ^a   Tepe, J ^a   Siewert, J R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multimodal therapy; Second opinion; Tumor board

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER SURGERY; CONSULTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 34248335773     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979358     Document Type: Article

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