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Editorial
. 2021 Jan;124(2):313-314.
doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-01080-4. Epub 2020 Sep 29.

Quality improvement for cancer multidisciplinary teams: lessons learned from the Anglian Germ Cell Cancer Collaborative Group

Tayana Soukup  1 , Nick Sevdalis #  1 , James S A Green #  1   2 , Benjamin W Lamb  3
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Editorial

Quality improvement for cancer multidisciplinary teams: lessons learned from the Anglian Germ Cell Cancer Collaborative Group

Tayana Soukup et al. Br J Cancer. 2021 Jan.

Abstract

Shamash and colleagues describe how their supra-regional germ cell tumour multidisciplinary team achieved standardisation of treatment and improved survival. We discuss some of the insights the study provides into prioritising complex patients, streamlining processes, the use of telemedicine, and the centrality of good data collection to continuous quality improvement.

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Conflict of interest statement

B.W.L. and T.S. received funding for training multidisciplinary teams in assessment and quality improvement methods in the United Kingdom. T.S. serves as a consultant to F.H.-L.R. Diagnostics providing advisory research services in relation to innovations for multidisciplinary teams and their meetings. N.S. is the Director of London Safety & Training Solutions Ltd, which provides patient safety and quality improvement training and advisory services on a consultancy basis to hospitals and training programs in the UK and internationally. J.S.A.G. is the Director of Green Cross Medical Ltd that developed MDT FIT for use by National Health Service Cancer Teams in the UK. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to report.

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