Successful strategies in implementing a multidisciplinary team working in the care of patients with cancer: an overview and synthesis of the available literature

T Soukup, BW Lamb, S Arora, A Darzi… - Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In many health care systems globally, cancer care is driven by multidisciplinary cancer
teams (MDTs). A large number of studies in the past few years and across different literature …

The cancer multidisciplinary team meeting: in need of change? History, challenges and future perspectives

DA Winters, T Soukup, N Sevdalis, JSA Green… - BJU …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Two decades since their inception, multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) are widely regarded as
the 'gold standard'of cancer care delivery. Benefits of MDT working include improved patient …

Benefits, barriers and opinions on multidisciplinary team meetings: a survey in Swedish cancer care

L Rosell, N Alexandersson, O Hagberg… - BMC health services …, 2018 - Springer
Background Case review and discussion at multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTMs) have
evolved into standard practice in cancer care with the aim to provide evidence-based …

Benefits of multidisciplinary teamwork in the management of breast cancer

C Taylor, A Shewbridge, J Harris… - Breast Cancer: Targets …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The widespread introduction of multidisciplinary team (MDT)-work for breast cancer
management has in part evolved due to the increasing complexity of diagnostic and …

Factors influencing the quality and functioning of oncological multidisciplinary team meetings: results of a systematic review

JEW Walraven, OL van der Hel… - BMC health services …, 2022 - Springer
Background Discussing patients with cancer in a multidisciplinary team meeting (MDTM) is
customary in cancer care worldwide and requires a significant investment in terms of funding …

Process quality of decision-making in multidisciplinary cancer team meetings: a structured observational study

P Hahlweg, S Didi, L Kriston, M Härter, Y Nestoriuc… - BMC cancer, 2017 - Springer
Background The quality of decision-making in multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTMs)
depends on the quality of information presented and the quality of team processes. Few …

Quality and efficacy of multidisciplinary team (MDT) quality assessment tools and discussion checklists: a systematic review

GTF Brown, HL Bekker, AL Young - BMC cancer, 2022 - Springer
Background MDT discussion is the gold standard for cancer care in the UK. With the
incidence of cancer on the rise, demand for MDT discussion is increasing. The need for …

What is a virtual multidisciplinary team (vMDT)?

AJ Munro, S Swartzman - British journal of cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Background: Multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTs), also known as tumour boards or
multidisciplinary case conferences, are an integral component of contemporary cancer care …

“No decision about me without me” in the context of cancer multidisciplinary team meetings: a qualitative interview study

C Taylor, J Finnegan-John, JSA Green - BMC health services research, 2014 - Springer
Background Cancer care is commonly managed by multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) who
meet to discuss and agree treatment for individual patients. Patients do not attend MDT …

The impact of Clinical Nurse Specialists on the decision making process in cancer multidisciplinary team meetings: A qualitative study

I Wallace, H Barratt, S Harvey, R Raine - European Journal of Oncology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose There are well-documented barriers to nurse participation in cancer
multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings. This paper aims to identify the approaches used by …