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Taberna, MirenCorresponding AuthorMoncayo, Francisco GilCorresponding AuthorAntonio, MaiteCorresponding AuthorMesia, RicardCorresponding Author

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April 21, 2020
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The Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Approach and Quality of Care

Publicated to:Frontiers In Oncology. 10 (85): 85- - 2020-03-20 10(85), DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.00085

Authors: Taberna, M; Moncayo, FG; Jané-Salas, E; Antonio, M; Arribas, L; Vilajosana, E; Torres, EP; Mesía, R

Affiliations

Atos Med Spain, Oncol Patients, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Atos Med Spain, SLPs Dept, Barcelona, Spain - Author
B ARGO, Med Oncol Dept, ICO, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Catalan Inst Oncol, Oncogeriatr Unit, Barcelona, Spain - Author
ICO, Head & Neck Funct Unit, Barcelona, Spain - Author
IDIBELL, Med Oncol Dept, ICO, ONCOBELL, Barcelona, Spain - Author
IDIBELL, Psicooncol Dept, ICO, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona, Clin Nutr Unit, ICO, IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona, Dept Odontostomatol, Fac Med & Hlth Sci Dent, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona, Oral Hlth & Masticatory Syst Grp, Bellvitge Biomed Res Inst, IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain - Author
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Abstract

The core function of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) is to bring together a group of healthcare professionals from different fields in order to determine patients' treatment plan. Most of head and neck cancer (HNC) units are currently led by MDTs that at least include ENT and maxillofacial surgeons, radiation and medical oncologists. HNC often compromise relevant structures of the upper aerodigestive tract involving functions such as speech, swallowing and breathing, among others. The impairment of these functions can significantly impact patients' quality of life and psychosocial status, and highlights the crucial role of specialized nurses, dietitians, psycho-oncologists, social workers, and onco-geriatricians, among others. Hence, these professionals should be integrated in HNC MDTs. In addition, involving translational research teams should also be considered, as it will help reducing the existing gap between basic research and the daily clinical practice. The aim of this comprehensive review is to assess the role of the different supportive disciplines integrated in an MDT and how they help providing a better care to HNC patients during diagnosis, treatment and follow up.

Keywords

head and cancer unithead and neck cancermultidisciplinary teamquality of careAcute toxicityAdjuvant radiotherapyBreathingCancer stagingCancer survivalChemoradiotherapyClinical decision makingClinical nurse specialistComprehensive geriatric assessmentDefinitive chemoradiotherapyDental procedureElderly-patientsFollow upGastrostomyGeriatric assessmentHead and cancer unitHead and neck cancerHealth care costHealth care personnelHealth care qualityHumanLocally advanced headLow level laser therapyMultidisciplinary teamNeck-cancerNutritional assessmentOlder cancer-patientsOropharyngeal cancerOverall survivalPalliative therapyPatient carePatient compliancePatient informationPercutaneous endoscopic gastrostomyPractice guidelinePractice guidelinesPsychosocial careQuality of careQuality of lifeReviewSocial psychologySpeech and languageSquamous-cell carcinomaSwallowingTracheostomyTreatment planningTumor board

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Frontiers In Oncology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2020, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Oncology.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 7.27. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 6.89 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 92.02 (source consulted: Dimensions Nov 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-11-06, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 165
  • Scopus: 175
  • Europe PMC: 80

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-11-06:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 1244.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 1232 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 36.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 3 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Taberna Sanz, Miren) and Last Author (Mesia Nin, Ricard).

the authors responsible for correspondence tasks have been Taberna Sanz, Miren, Gil Moncayo, Francisco Luis, Antonio Rebollo, Maite and Mesia Nin, Ricard.