Multidisciplinary Care Resources and Literature
Last updated: 26/6/09
2009
Reference
Simo et al (2009). ‘Integrated media presentation in
multidisciplinary head and neck oncology meetings’. European
Archives of Otorhinolaryngology 266 (2): 261-5
Tumour Group
Head and Neck
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UK
2008
Reference
Cancer Australia. Multidisciplinary Care Toolkit. Accessible from
http://www.cancerlearning.gov.au/mdc.htm. Last accessed 8/7/08
Cancer Services Collaborative Improvement Partnership (2008).
Multidisciplinary Team Resource Guide. Available from www.ebcindevelopment.co.uk/mdt/intro.htm. Last accessed 2/4/08
CanNET National Support and Evaluation Service – Siggins Miller
(2008). Managed Clinical Networks – a literature review. Cancer
Australia, Canberra. (Section 3). Available from
www.canceraustralia.gov.au/cannet-homepage/multidisciplinarycare/overview.aspx. Last accessed 30/6/08
Evans et al (2008). Medicolegal implications of a multidisciplinary
approach to cancer care: Consensus recommendations from a
national workshop. Medical Journal of Australia 188(7): 401-404
Lanceley et al (2008). Influences on multidisciplinary team decisionmaking. International Journal of Gynaecological Cancer 18: 215-222
Marsh et al (2008). National Breast Cancer Audit: The use of
multidisciplinary care teams by breast surgeons in Australia and New
Zealand. Medical Journal of Australia 188(7): 385-388
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Guidelines. Available from
http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=byTopic&o=7165.
Last accessed 7/7/08
Jazieh et al (2008). Thoracic oncology multidisciplinary teams:
Between the promises and challenges. Annals of Thoracic Medicine
3(1): 34-37
Sidhom MA & Polson MG (2008). Group decisions in oncology:
Doctors’ perceptions of the legal responsibilities arising from
multidisciplinary meetings. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation
Oncology 52: 287-297
Stoddert DM (2008). Can liability rules keep pace with best practice?
The case of multidisciplinary cancer care. Medical Journal of
Australia 188(7): 380-381
Westin & Stalfors (2008). Tumour boards/multidisciplinary head and
neck cancer meetings: Are they of value to patients, treating staff or
a political additional drain on healthcare resources? Current Opinion
Tumour Group
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Australia
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UK
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Review of
international
literature
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Australia
Gynae
UK
Breast
Australia
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UK
Lung
USA / Saudi
Arabia
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Australia
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Australia
Head & Neck
Australia
in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery 16: 103-107
2007
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Back et al (2007). Improvements in Quality of Care Resulting From
a Formal Multidisciplinary Tumour Clinic in the Management of Highgrade Glioma. Annuls Academy of Medicine 36(5): 347-351
Butow et al (2007). Health Professional and Consumer Views on
Involving Breast Cancer Patients in the Multidisciplinary Discussion
of Their Disease and Treatment Plan. Cancer 100(9): 1937-1944
Choy et al (2007). A pilot study to evaluate the impact of involving
breast cancer patients in the multidisciplinary discussion of their
disease and treatment plan. Breast 16: 178-189
Conron et al (2007). Analysis of multidisciplinary lung cancer
practice. Internal Medicine Journal 37: 18-25
Kane et al (2007). Multidisciplinary team meetings and their impact
on workflow in radiology and pathology departments. BMC
Medicine 5: 15
Leo et al (2007). Multidisciplinary management of lung cancer:
How to test its efficacy? Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2(1): 69-72
Metropolitan Health and Aged Care Services Division (2007).
Achieving best practice cancer care - A guide for implementing
multidisciplinary care. Victorian Government Department of Human
Services, Melbourne, Victoria
Nouraei et al (2007. Reducing referral-to-treatment waiting times
in cancer patients using a multidisciplinary database. Annals of the
Royal College of Surgeons England 89: 113-117
Sharma et al (2007). Colorectal MDTs: The team’s perspective.
Colorectal Disease 10: 63-68
Stalfors et al (2007). Quality assessment of a multidisciplinary
tumour meeting for patients with head and neck cancer. Acta OtoLaryngologica 127(1): 82-87
Tumour Group
CNS
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Singapore
Breast
Australia
Breast
Australia
Lung
Australia
All
Ireland
Lung
France
All
Australia
Head & Neck
UK
Colorectal
UK
Head & Neck
Sweden
Tumour Group
Upper GI
Country
UK
All
Australia
Upper GI
UK
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UK
Upper GI
USA
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Australia
2006
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Blazeby et al (2006). Analysis of clinical decision-making in multidisciplinary cancer teams. Annals of Oncology 17: 457-460
Cancer Coordination Unit (2006). Multidisciplinary Meeting Toolkit.
Victorian Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria
Davies et al (2006). The multidisciplinary team meeting improves
staging accuracy and treatment selection for gastro-esophageal
cancer. Diseases of the Esophagus 19: 496-503
Fleissig (2006). Multidisciplinary teams in cancer care: Are they
effective in the UK? The Lancet Oncology 7: 935-943
Jobe et al (2006). Disease-specific multidisciplinary care: A natural
progression in the management of esophageal cancer. Diseases of
the Esophagus 19: 417-418
McGrath et al (2006). Nursing advocacy in an Australian
multidisciplinary context: Findings on medico-centrism.
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Science 20: 394-402
Macaskill et al (2006). Surgeon’s views on multi-disciplinary breast
meetings. European Journal of Cancer 42: 905-908
Mileshkin L & Zalcberg J (2006). The multidisciplinary management
of patients with cancer. Annals of Oncology 17(8): 1337-1338
National Breast Cancer Centre (2006). Making Multidisciplinary
Care a Reality. National Breast Cancer Centre, Camperdown, NSW
Newman et al (2006). Changes in surgical management resulting
from case review at a breast cancer multidisciplinary tumor board.
Cancer 107(10): 2346-2351
O’Connor et al (2006). Interdisciplinary teams in palliative care: A
critical reflection. Journal of Palliative Nursing 12(3): 132-7
Ruhstaller et al (2006). The multidisciplinary meeting: An
indispensable aid to communication between different specialities.
European Journal of Cancer 42: 2459-2462
Sidhom et al (2006). Multidisciplinary care in oncology: Medicolegal
implications of group decisions. The Lancet Oncology 7: 951-954
Soukop (2006). Results of a survey of the role of multidisciplinary
team coordinators for colorectal cancer in England and Wales.
Colorectal Disease 9: 146-150
Stephens et al (2006). Multidisciplinary team management is
associated with improved outcomes after surgery for esophageal
cancer. Diseases of the Esophagus 19: 164-171
Tattersall (2006). Multidisciplinary team meetings: Where is the
value? The Lancet Oncology 7: 886-888
Whelan et al (2006). Breast cancer multi-disciplinary teams in
England: Much achieved but still more to be done. The Breast 15:
119-122
Breast
UK
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Australia
Breast
Australia
Breast
USA
All
(Palliative Care)
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Australia
All
Australia
Colorectal
UK
Upper GI
UK
All
Australia
Breast
UK
Tumour Group
All
Country
UK
Urology
UK
All
Australia
Breast
Australia
Lung
UK
All
USA
Breast
Australia
UK/
Switzerland
2005
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Atwal & Caldwell (2005). Do all health and social care professionals
interact equally: A study of interactions in multidisciplinary teams in
the United Kingdom. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 19:
268-273
Archer et al (2005). Improving outcomes in urological cancers: The
impact of "multidisciplinary team meetings". International Journal
of Surgery 3(2):121-123
Boyle et al (2005). Multidisciplinary care in cancer: The Fellowship
of the Ring. Journal of Clinical Oncology 23(4): 916-920
Breast Services Enhancement Program (2005). Multidisciplinary
care – improving consumer outcomes. Department of Human
Services, Victoria. Available from www.health.vic.gov.au/
breastcare/downloads/learn_multidisciplinary.pdf . Last accessed
25/6/08
Forrest et al (2005). An evaluation of the impact of a
multidisciplinary team, in a single centre, on treatment and survival
in patients with inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer. British
Journal of Cancer 93(9): 977-978
Kagan AR (2005). The multidisciplinary clinic. International Journal
of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 61(4): 967-968
National Breast Cancer Centre (2005). Sustainability of
Multidisciplinary Cancer Care. National Breast Cancer Centre,
Camperdown, NSW
National Breast Cancer Centre (2005). Multidisciplinary meetings
for cancer care: a guide for health service providers. National
Breast Cancer Centre, Camperdown, NSW
Saravanamuttu et al (2005). Uptake of high-dose therapy and
peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in myeloma patients >65
years – the role of the myeloma multi-disciplinary team. British
Journal of Haematology 130: 318-321
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Australia
Haematology
UK
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Breast
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Australia
Gynae
UK
Tumour Group
All
(Palliative Care)
Country
UK
Breast
Australia
Tumour Group
All
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Australia
Tumour Group
Breast
Country
USA
Colorectal
UK
2004
Reference
Delaney et al (2004). Comparison of face-to-face and
videoconferenced multidisciplinary clinical meetings. Australasian
Radiology 48: 487-492
Jeffries H & Chan KK (2004). Multidisciplinary team working: Is it
both holistic and effective? International Journal of Gynaecological
Cancer 14: 210-211
2003
Reference
Oliver & Haggarty (2003). Use of a pro forma and overhead
projector to improve multidisciplinary team communication.
International Journal of Palliative Nursing 9 (8): 358-359
Zorbas et al (2003). Multidisciplinary care for women with early
breast cancer in the Australian context: What does it mean? Medical
Journal of Australia 179: 528-531
2002
Reference
Mitchell et al (2002). General Practitioners attitudes to case
conferences: How can we increase participation and effectiveness?
Medical Journal of Australia 177: 95-7
2001
Reference
Chang et al (2001). The impact of a multidisciplinary breast cancer
centre on recommendations for patient management. Cancer
91(7): 1231-1237
Taylor (2001). What constitutes good practice in surgical oncology?
European Journal of Surgical Oncology 27: 517-520
1998
Reference
Chang AE (1998). Multidisciplinary cancer clinics: Their time has
come. Journal of Surgical Oncology 69: 203-205
Tumour Group
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USA