Interdisciplinary Training of Clinical Cancer Specialists – Time for Action
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...