Multidisciplinary Care in the Oncology Setting: Historical Perspective and Data From Lung and Gynecology Multidisciplinary Clinics
- 1 November 2010
- journal article
- special series
- Published by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Journal of Oncology Practice
- Vol. 6 (6) , e21-e26
Abstract
The authors show in their young multidisciplinary program that time from referral to evaluation, evaluation by appropriate specialists, satisfaction scoring and accessibility to clinic trials all were affected favorably by the development of two multidisciplinary clinics.Keywords
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