Multidisciplinary management of cancer patients: Chasing a shadow or real value? an overview of the literature

Current Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Croke, J M ^a   El Sayed, S ^a  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer management; Clinical decision making; Multidisciplinary clinical conferences; Patient outcomes; Tumour boards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LUNG CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84865161530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.19.944     Document Type: Article

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