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Berghmans T, Lievens Y, Aapro M, Baird AM, Beishon M, Calabrese F, Dégi C, Delgado Bolton RC, Gaga M, Lövey J, Luciani A, Pereira P, Prosch H, Saar M, Shackcloth M, Tabak-Houwaard G, Costa A, Poortmans P. European Cancer Organisation Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care (ERQCC): Lung cancer. Lung Cancer 2020; 150:221-239. [PMID: 33227525 DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2020.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
European Cancer Organisation Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care (ERQCC) are written by experts representing all disciplines involved in cancer care in Europe. They give patients, health professionals, managers and policymakers a guide to essential care throughout the patient journey. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality and has a wide variation in treatment and outcomes in Europe. It is a major healthcare burden and has complex diagnosis and treatment challenges. Care must only be carried out in lung cancer units or centres that have a core multidisciplinary team (MDT) and an extended team of health professionals detailed here. Such units are far from universal in European countries. To meet European aspirations for comprehensive cancer control, healthcare organisations must consider the requirements in this paper, paying particular attention to multidisciplinarity and patient-centred pathways from diagnosis, to treatment, to survivorship.
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Affiliation(s)
- Thierry Berghmans
- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC); Thoracic Oncology Clinic, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium
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- European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO); Radiation Oncology Department, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
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- European Cancer Organisation; Genolier Cancer Center, Genolier, Switzerland
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- European Cancer Organisation Patient Advisory Committee; Central Pathology Laboratory, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Cancer World, European School of Oncology (ESO), Milan, Italy.
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- European Society of Pathology (ESP); Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova Medical School, Padova, Italy
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- International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS); Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM); Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology) and Nuclear Medicine, San Pedro Hospital and Centre for Biomedical Research of La Rioja (CIBIR); University of La Rioja, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
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- European Respiratory Society (ERS); 7th Respiratory Medicine Department, Athens Chest Hospital Sotiria, Athens, Greece
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- Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI); National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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- International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG); Medical Oncology, Ospedale S. Paolo, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE); Clinic for Radiology, Minimally-Invasive Therapies and Nuclear Medicine, SLK-Kliniken, Heilbronn, Germany
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- European Society of Radiology (ESR); Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- European Society of Oncology Pharmacy (ESOP); Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO); Department of Thoracic Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- European Cancer Organisation; Iridium Kankernetwerk and University of Antwerp, Wilrijk-Antwerp, Belgium
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Rich AL, Baldwin DR, Beckett P, Berghmans T, Boyd J, Faivre-Finn C, Galateau-Salle F, Gamarra F, Grigoriu B, Hansen NCG, Hardavella G, Jakobsen E, Jovanovic D, Konsoulova A, Massard G, McPhelim J, Meert AP, Milroy R, Mutti L, Paesmans M, Peake MD, Putora PM, de Ruysscher DK, Sculier JP, Schepereel A, Subotic DR, Van Schil P, Blum T. ERS statement on harmonised standards for lung cancer registration and lung cancer services in Europe. Eur Respir J 2018; 52:13993003.00610-2018. [DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00610-2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
The European Respiratory Society (ERS) task force for harmonised standards for lung cancer registration and lung cancer services in Europe recognised the need to create a single dataset for use in pan-European data collection and a manual of standards for European lung cancer services.The multidisciplinary task force considered evidence from two different sources, reviewing existing national and international datasets alongside the results of a survey of clinical data collection on lung cancer in 35 European countries. A similar process was followed for the manual of lung cancer services, with the task force using existing guidelines and national or international recommendations for lung cancer services to develop a manual of standards for services in Europe.The task force developed essential and minimum datasets for lung cancer registration to enable all countries to collect the same essential data and some to collect data with greater detail. The task force also developed a manual specifying standards for lung cancer services in Europe.Despite the wide variation in the sociopolitical landscape across Europe, the ERS is determined to encourage the delivery of high-quality lung cancer care. Both the manual of lung cancer services and the minimum dataset for lung cancer registration will support this aspiration.
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