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. 2017 Jan 19;19(7):834–843. doi: 10.1007/s12094-016-1609-7

Table 5.

Section V results: follow-up

Median (IQR) Agreement (%) Result
34. The follow-up to be performed must be defined by the MDC 8 (7–9) 85.4 First round agreement
35. In order to avoid repetitions and redundancies, each center must establish a consensual protocol to define which specialties or units assume the follow-up of the different types of patients and in the different phases 9 (8–9) 95.5 First round agreement
36. Each patient should have a specific physician responsible for his/her follow-up 9 (8–9) 92.1 First round agreement
37. If in palliative care, the patient should be treated by medical oncology specialists 7 (5–8) 57.8 No agreement
38. The medical oncology specialist will decide as to when the patient will receive symptomatic palliative care within a palliative care program 9 (7–9) 87.6 First round agreement
39. Participation in the multidisciplinary tumor committee of an endocrinology / nutrition specialist for screening and nutritional assessment, preoperative immunonutrition and nutritional support, as well as its involvement in the follow-up of all patients for the control of diabetes, pancreatic insufficiency and vitamin deficiencies, as appropriate 8 (6.5–9) 75.3 First round agreement

IQR interquartile range