Impact of a multidisciplinary tumour board meeting for upper-GI malignancies on clinical decision making: A prospective cohort study

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 214-219

  Van Hagen, Pieter ^a   Spaander, Manon C W ^a   Van Der Gaast, Ate ^a   Van Rij, Caroline M ^a   Tilanus, Hugo W ^a   Van Lanschot, J Jan B ^a   Wijnhoven, Bas P L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Multidisciplinary; Oesophageal malignancies; Tumour board

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIDISCIPLINARY TUMOR BOARD; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84880919936     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: 14377772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-011-0362-8     Document Type: Article

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