ECCO Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care: Soft Tissue Sarcoma in Adults and Bone Sarcoma. A critical review

• Published in: Critical reviews in oncology/hematology Vol. 110; pp. 94 - 105
• Main Authors: Andritsch, Elisabeth, Beishon, Marc, Bielack, Stefan, Bonvalot, Sylvie, Casali, Paolo, Crul, Mirjam, Delgado-Bolton, Roberto, Donati, Davide Maria, Douis, Hassan, Haas, Rick, Hogendoorn, Pancras, Kozhaeva, Olga, Lavender, Verna, Lovey, Jozsef, Negrouk, Anastassia, Pereira, Philippe, Roca, Pierre, de Lempdes, Godelieve Rochette, Saarto, Tiina, van Berck, Bert, Vassal, Gilles, Wartenberg, Markus, Yared, Wendy, Costa, Alberto, Naredi, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.02.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Audit; Bone Neoplasms - diagnosis; Bone Neoplasms - pathology; Bone Neoplasms - therapy; Bone sarcoma; Cancer centre; Cancer centres; Cancer unit; Cancer units; Care pathways; clinical-practice guidelines; diagnosis; epidemiology; Europe; European CanCer Organisation; Hematology; Humans; Kirurgi; management; metastases; Multidisciplinary; Multidisciplinary team; Multidisciplinary working; oncology; Organisation of care; Osteosarcoma - diagnosis; Osteosarcoma - pathology; Osteosarcoma - therapy; Paediatric cancer; Palliative Care; Patient-centred; Quality; Quality a; Quality assurance; Quality of Life; radiation; radiotherapy; Rare cancer; Sarcoma; Sarcoma - diagnosis; Sarcoma - pathology; Sarcoma - therapy; Soft tissue sarcoma; Surgery; Survivors; Organisation of care; Sarcoma; Care pathways; Cancer unit; Europe; Cancer units; Soft tissue sarcoma; Multidisciplinary team; Cancer centres; European CanCer Organisation; Audit; Quality assurance; Quality; Multidisciplinary working; Paediatric cancer; Rare cancer; Bone sarcoma; Patient-centred; Cancer centre; Multidisciplinary

•ECCO essential requirements for quality cancer care are position papers on delivering high-quality care.•Each paper focuses on a tumour type, in this care soft tissue (adult) and bone sarcoma.•Sarcomas are rare, and a challenging group of cancers to treat.•High-quality care can only be a carried ou...