Impact of multidisciplinary tumor boards on diagnosis and treatment of esophageal cancer

European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 136-140

  Bumm, Rudolf ^a   Feith, M ^a   Lordick, F ^a   Herschbach, P ^b   Siewert, J R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer center; Interdisciplinary model; Intranet website; Risk analysis; Treatment guidelines; Tumor board

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOARD OF TRUSTEES; BODY MASS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL STRESS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR BOARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 34547135925     PISSN: 16821769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10353-007-0333-5     Document Type: Article

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