Multidisciplinary Care

Cancer is a complicated disease which can affect many areas and systems in the body. Treatment of cancer and care for people with cancer is most effective when there is involvement from a variety of medical and allied health care professionals. Professionals involved in multidisciplinary care include, but are not limited to:

Surgeons

Medical Oncologists

Radiation Oncologists

Cancer Care Nurses

Psycho-oncologists

Haematologists

General Practitioners

These professionals create a multidisciplinary team and collaborate to tailor an individual treatment plan for each patient.

For more information on Multidisciplinary Care, including best practice guidelines, visit the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre http://www.nbcc.org.au/bestpractice/mdc/