Multidisciplinary team meetings in Oncology: First analysis of benefits and evaluation of activity in a Dermatology unit in France

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 778-784

  Caudron, Anne ^a   Chaby, Guillaume ^a   Dadban, Ali ^a   Andrejak, Claire ^a   Dhaille, Florie ^a   Bagot, Martine ^b   Lok, Catherine ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Dermato oncology; Epidemiology of melanoma; Multidisciplinary care; Multidisciplinary Meeting(s) (MDM); Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; SARCOMA; SKIN CANCER; SKIN LYMPHOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; DERMATOLOGY; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78649872646     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.1097     Document Type: Article

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