Sussex Cancer Centre, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Road, Brighton, UK.
Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2011 Apr;23(3):168-73. doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2010.12.005.
Cancer patients often have complex and difficult inpatient diagnostic and treatment pathways that involve many different specialities within secondary care. With current severe resource constraints, improvements in outcomes and patient experience need to be both cost-efficient and effective. We review the reports that will shape national cancer care in coming years and use data gathered from our own hospital to highlight important issues in the development of in-patient cancer services and the emergence of a new specialty; acute oncology.
癌症患者的住院诊断和治疗过程往往复杂且困难，涉及到二级护理中的许多不同专业。鉴于当前资源严重短缺，要提高治疗效果和改善患者体验，就必须做到成本效益和效果兼顾。我们对未来几年将影响国家癌症治疗的报告进行了回顾，并利用从我们自己医院收集的数据，重点阐述了住院癌症服务的发展以及一个新专业（急性肿瘤学）出现所带来的一些重要问题。
