Uro-oncology multidisciplinary meetings at an Australian tertiary referral centre - Impact on clinical decision-making and implications for patient inclusion

BJU International

Volumn 114, Issue S1, 2014, Pages 50-54

  Rao, Kenny ^a   Manya, Kiran ^a   Azad, Arun ^a   Lawrentschuk, Nathan ^a,b   Bolton, Damien ^a,b   Davis, Ian D ^a   Sengupta, Shomik ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Multidisciplinary meeting (MDM); Multidisciplinary team (MDT); Uro oncology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; KIDNEY CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UROLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; AUSTRALIA; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907932977     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12764     Document Type: Article

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