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Riccardo Valdagni1, Hendrik Van Poppel2, Michael Aitchison3, Peter Albers4, Dominik Berthold5, Alberto Bossi6, Maurizio Brausi7, Louis Denis8, Lawrence Drudge-Coates9, Maria De Santis10, Günther Feick11, Chris Harrison12, Karin Haustermans13, Donal Hollywood14, Morton Hoyer15, Henk Hummel16, Malcolm Mason17, Vincenzo Mirone18, Stefan C Müller19, Chris Parker20, Mahasti Saghatchian21, Cora N Sternberg22, Bertrand Tombal23, Erik van Muilekom24, Maggie Watson25, Simone Wesselmann26, Thomas Wiegel27, Tiziana Magnani28, Alberto Costa29.
Abstract
The Prostate Cancer Programme of the European School of Oncology developed the concept of specialised interdisciplinary and multiprofessional prostate cancer care to be formalized in Prostate Cancer Units (PCU). After the publication in 2011 of the collaborative article "The Requirements of a Specialist Prostate Cancer Unit: A Discussion Paper from the European School of Oncology", in 2012 the PCU Initiative in Europe was launched. A multiprofessional Task Force of internationally recognized opinion leaders, among whom representatives of scientific societies, and patient advocates gathered to set standards for quality comprehensive prostate cancer care and designate care pathways in PCUs. The result was a consensus on 40 mandatory and recommended standards and items, covering several macro-areas, from general requirements to personnel to organization and case management. This position paper describes the relevant, feasible and applicable core criteria for defining PCUs in most European countries delivered by PCU Initiative in Europe Task Force.Entities:
Keywords: Minimal requirement; Multidisciplinary and multiprofessional approach; Prostate cancer; Prostate cancer unit
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Year: 2015 PMID： 26092320 DOI： 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2015.05.014
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Crit Rev Oncol Hematol ISSN： 1040-8428 Impact factor: 6.312