Role of an MDT

Question 1

Specific roles of the cancer MDT - what are they?

Answer 1

Plan diagnostic and staging investigations
Treatment decisions
Additional support

Question 2

What additional support can be offered to the patient?

Answer 2

Physiotherapy 
Psychological support
Symptom control 
Nutritional care
Rehabilitation in the post-operative period

Question 3

What is a one-stop clinic?

Benefits of this?

Answer 3

A number of MDTs run a combined clinic in which several team members are present

Patients can be seen by more than one specialist in the same hospital visit, providing a one-stop opportunity to review and plan treatment
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No need for referral letters 
Improves communication 
Reduces delay 
Efficient

Question 4

These patients can also be recruited onto clinical trials

Answer 4

These patients can also be recruited onto clinical trials