Multidisciplinary care of breast cancer patients: a scoping review of multidisciplinary styles, processes, and outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical practice guidelines recommend a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care that brings together all relevant disciplines to discuss optimal disease management. However, the literature is characterized by heterogeneous definitions and few reviews about the processes and outcomes of multidisciplinary care. The objective of this scoping review was to identify and classify the definitions and characteristics of multidisciplinary care, as well as outcomes and interventions for patients with breast cancer.

Methods

A systematic search for quantitative and qualitative studies about multidisciplinary care for patients with breast cancer was conducted for January 2001 to December 2017 in the following electronic databases: medline, embase, PsycInfo, and cinahl. Two

SUBMITTER: Shao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6588064 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature