When prompted on the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration when treating patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, Valerie Lee, MD, described working with her colleagues as “wonderful”.
The initial example she referenced was treating patients with rectal cancer, as it often requires an approach with radiation and surgery. Thus, GI doctors and radiologists have to collaborate, often directing decision-making and helping with general treatment proceedings.
Lee, an assistant professor of Oncology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a medical oncologist at Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital, also spoke about the importance of having dietitians, nurses, and a pharmacy group to help with more specialized aspects of care.
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