Objective: The aim of this study is to compare the decisions made at established tumor board meetings for planning treatment head and neck cancer patients with individual clinicians who attended meetings. Material Methods: A total 188 tumors were included in study, all whom had been evaluated weekly our clinic. consisted otolaryngologists, radiation oncologists, medical pathologists, radiologis...

Correspondence to: John D. Sprandio, MD, Consultants in Medical Oncology and Hematology, PC, 2100 Keystone Avenue, Suite 502, MOB, Drexel Hill, PA 19026; telephone: 610622-3818; fax: 610-622-6407; e-mail: jsprandio @cmoh.org. M edical oncologists are playing an ever-expanding role in the de livery of cancer care. The current and future challenges they face in their efforts to deliver effective,...

n the year 2010, the Spanish Society of Medical Oncolgy (SEOM) published an editorial1 in the Annals of Oncology ntitled “Treatment of cancer with oral drugs: a position stateent by the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology”. The main remise of the editorial was a call to grant medical oncologists he exclusive right to prescribe all anticancer drugs, whether dministration is intravenous or oral. ...

Traditionally, medical oncology has focused on the active period of diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of cancer patients, and palliative medicine, the pre-terminal and end-of-life phases. Palliative medicine physicians have particular expertise in communication and symptom control, especially, for example, with pain management. Medical oncologists also have need of excellent communication skil...

Fagerlind, H. 2012. Patient-Physician Communication in Oncology Care: The character of, barriers against, and ways to evaluate patient-physician communication, with focus on the psychosocial dimensions. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Pharmacy 167. 91 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 978-91-554-8543-6. The overall aim of this thesis ...

INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global crisis profoundly affecting oncology care delivery. PURPOSE: This study will describe the occupational and personal consequences of on oncologist well-being patient care. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Four virtual focus groups were conducted with US ASCO member oncologists (September-November 2020). Inquiry subsequent discussions centered ...