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European Cancer Organisation Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care (ERQCC) : lung cancer
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Abstract
European Cancer Organisation Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care (ERQCC) are written by experts representing all disciplines involved in cancer care in Europe. They give patients, health professionals, managers and policymakers a guide to essential care throughout the patient journey. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality and has a wide variation in treatment and outcomes in Europe. It is a major healthcare burden and has complex diagnosis and treatment challenges. Care must only be carried out in lung cancer units or centres that have a core multidisciplinary team (MDT) and an extended team of health professionals detailed here. Such units are far from universal in European countries. To meet European aspirations for comprehensive cancer control, healthcare organisations must consider the requirements in this paper, paying particular attention to multidisciplinarity and patient-centred pathways from diagnosis, to treatment, to survivorship.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Lung cancer: journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer / International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer [Aurora, Colo.] - Amsterdam
Publication
Clare : Elsevier ireland ltd , 2020
ISSN
0169-5002
DOI
10.1016/J.LUNGCAN.2020.08.017
Volume/pages
150 (2020) , p. 221-239
ISI
000598669200016
Pubmed ID
33227525
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Creation 03.02.2021
Last edited 04.03.2024
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