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1Addenbrookes NHS Trust, Cambridge.
Abstract:
Teenage and young adult oncology is emerging as a specialty in its own right. New ways of working and significant changes in attitudes are required if responsive, effective services are to be developed. The challenges and benefits of teenage and young adult multidisciplinary team meetings are discussed in this article, including the need to overcome time and resource constraints for large numbers of professionals to attend an additional meeting. Knowledge of benefits to the adolescent or young adult can help teams in paediatric and adult cancer overcome barriers to joint working.
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