A review on the impact of lung cancer multidisciplinary care on patient outcomes.

ABSTRACT: International guidelines recommend a multidisciplinary approach to the management of lung cancer due to the complexity of both patients and their disease and the multiple treatment options available. This care can be provided through patient discussion at multidisciplinary meetings where relevant medical and allied health staff formulate a consensus management plan taking all factors into consideration. This model can be extended further to include multidisciplinary clinics where the patient is present for assessment and discussion. However, conducting regular multidisciplinary meetings or clinics has significant time, resource and financial costs and therefore, it is important to assess the impact of multidisciplinary care. We aimed to review published evidence, from 2000 to 2019, to eval

SUBMITTER: Heinke MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7481642 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature