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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.
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Past-President of the European Cancer Organisation
Prof Niall O’Higgins highlights the important topic of cancer survivors, which he argues deserves the full attention of Irish legislators and should be supported by the medical profession
The EU Beating Cancer Plan, setting out the European Union’s strategy for cancer care, will be launched this month. It will be given priority by President Ursula von der Leyen and the whole European Commission and will include a section on cancer survivorship.
At the European Cancer Organisation (ECCO) Summit meeting last month attention was drawn to the relatively neglected subject of the needs of the steadily increasing number of people who are survivors of cancer in the time following the completion of treatment.