Quality indicators and excellence requirements for a multidisciplinary lung cancer tumor board by the Spanish Lung Cancer Group

M. Guirado Risueño; A. Sánchez; Lara Pijuán Andújar; C. Teixido; Antonio Gómez Caamaño; Ángel Cilleruelo Ramos

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Quality indicators and excellence requirements for a multidisciplinary lung cancer tumor board by the Spanish Lung Cancer Group

M. Guirado ^[1] ; A. Sanchez-Hernandez ^[3] ; L. Pijuan ^[4] ; C. Teixido ^[2] ; A. Gómez-Caamaño ^[5] ; Á. Cilleruelo-Ramos ^[6]
1. [1] Hospital General Universitario de Elche
  
  Hospital General Universitario de Elche
  
  Elche, España
2. [2] Hospital Clinic Barcelona
  
  Hospital Clinic Barcelona
  
  Barcelona, España
3. [3] Medical Oncology Department, Consorcio Hospitalario Provincial de Castellón, 12002, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
4. [4] Pathology Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, 08907, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
5. [5] Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
6. [6] Thoracic Surgery Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario Valladolid, 47005, Valladolid, Spain
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Localización: Clinical & translational oncology, ISSN 1699-048X, Vol. 24, Nº. 3 (Marzo), 2022, págs. 446-459
Idioma: inglés
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- Multidisciplinary care is needed to decide the best therapeutic approach and to provide optimal care to patients with lung cancer (LC). Multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) are optimal strategies for the management of patients with LC and have been associated with better outcomes, such as an increase in quality of life and survival. The Spanish Lung Cancer Group has promoted this review about the current situation of the existing national LC-MDTs, which also offers a set of excellence requirements and quality indicators to achieve the best care in any patient with LC. Time and sufficient resources; leadership; administrative and institutional support; and recording of activity are key factors for the success of LC-MDTs. A set of excellence requirements in terms of staff, resources and organization of the LC-MDT have been proposed. At last, a list of quality indicators has been agreed to achieve and measure the performance of current LC-MDTs.