نتایج جستجو برای: multidisciplinary cancer management
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Cancer patients require care by a multidisciplinary medical team. Although nephrology usually is not the "core" specialty in such a multidisciplinary team, nonetheless it may substantially improve the quality of care. This paper reviews nephrologist's role in the management of the cancer patient.
The standard adjuvant therapy for resectable T3 and/or N1-2 rectal cancer is pelvic radiation therapy plus fluorouracil (5-FU)-based chemotherapy. Two randomized intergroup trials, INT 0114 and INT 0144, will help determine the ideal chemotherapeutic agents and their routes of administration in the postoperative setting. The randomized National Surgical Adjuvant Project for Breast and Bowel Can...
The treatment of head and neck cancer is extremely challenging and involves insight and expertise from multiple disciplines. Multidisciplinary Management of Head and Neck Cancer is a comprehensive textbook looking at different aspects of head and neck cancer, including the diagnosis, treatment and outcomes for patients with this disease. The chapters written by world-renowned experts cover the ...
We read with interest the recent article by Blazeby et al. [1], which described the implementation of decisions made by a multidisciplinary team (MDT). The study evaluated 273 decisions about patient management made at a central MDT meeting in Bristol, which assessed cases of patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer, including cases from several surrounding satellite hospitals. They found th...
The burden of cancer in low- to middle-income countries is growing and is expected to rise dramatically while resources to manage this disease remain inadequate. All authorities for the management of cancer recommend multidisciplinary care. Educational efforts by international organizations to assist local professionals in caring for their patients tend to have a lasting impact because they emp...
Because patients with locally advanced rectal cancer are at high risk for both recurrence and distant disease, they require adjuvant therapy. In the United States, the current standard of care is neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy. Neoadjuvant chemoradiation has been shown to improve local recurrence rates and decrease toxicity. However in the era of total ...
The management of esophageal and gastric cancer is complex and involves multiple specialists in an effort to optimize patient outcomes. Utilizing a multidisciplinary team approach starting from the initial staging evaluation ensures that all members are in agreement with the plan of care. Treatment selection for esophageal and gastric cancer often involves a combination of chemotherapy, radiati...
•Optimum management of locally advanced breast cancer is multidisciplinary.•Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is mainstay of management.•Primary surgical treatment may be acceptable in selected patients.
Despite considerable improvement in the management of colon cancer, there is a great deal of variation in the outcomes among European countries, and in particular among different hospital centers in Greece and Cyprus. Discrepancy in the approach strategies and lack of adherence to guidelines for the management of colon cancer may explain the situation. The aim was to elaborate a consensus on th...
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