Establishing a Community-Based Lung Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic As Part of a Large Integrated Health Care System: Aurora Health Care
- 1 November 2010
- journal article
- special series
- Published by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Journal of Oncology Practice
- Vol. 6 (6), e27-e30
- https://doi.org/10.1200/jop.2010.000022
Abstract
This Lung Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic (MDC) included medical and radiation oncologists, a thoracic surgeon, and a pulmonologist and met every third week. Establishment of the clinic resulted in improvements in quality of care, patient satisfaction, and patient retention.Keywords
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