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Photo: Getty Images By Contributor 7th April 2021 More cross disciplinary integration is required in the training of clinical cancer specilists, writes Prof Niall O’Higgins For over 30 years multidisciplinary meetings have become routine in the planning of care for patients with cancer. This arrangement requires all relevant medical specialists in the diagnostic and therapeutic disciplines to confer (usually and preferably by physical attendance) during a meeting where diagnostic issues, staging processes, and therapeutic interventions concerning each patient are discussed. In recent years the value of these interactions has been improved by the development of multi-professional meetings, at which a wide range of additional experts also takes part, including specialists in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, onco-psychology, rehabilitation and palliative care.

United statesUnited kingdomNiall ohigginsEuropean society of medical oncologyAmerican society of clinical oncologyEuropean commissionEuropean society for radiotherapyRoyal college of physicians irelandEuropean society of surgical oncologyEuropean cancer organisationRoyal college of radiologistsHead of departmentSociety of surgical oncologyUniversity college dublin st vincent hospitalRoyal college of surgeonsProf niall