A study of the decision outcomes and financial costs of multidisciplinary team meetings (MDMs) in oncology

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2295-2300

  De Ieso, P B ^a   Coward, J I ^a,b   Letsa, I ^a   Schick, U ^a   Nandhabalan, M ^a   Frentzas, S ^a   Gore, M E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cost; decisions; meetings; multidisciplinary; oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; COST; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SOLID TUMOR; TIME TO TREATMENT;

EID: 84887019217     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.586     Document Type: Article

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