Reply to the letter to the editor 'Still a long way to go to achieve multidisciplinarity for the benefit of patients: Commentary on the ESMO position paper' by Valentini et al.

摘要

We thank Professor Valentini et al. [1] for their consideration of our ESMO position paper and for their willingness to continue this dialogue on the development of multidisciplinarity in cancer care. The complexity of cancer is increasing, based on molecular diagnostics and the increasing number of cancer subtypes etc, and it is therefore important for all oncology professions to keep pace with these developments (and challenges), which also means it is necessary for them to reassess their respective roles on a continuing basis [2]. ESMO is proud of the contribution the medical oncology profession has made to medical progress in the field of cancer, offering patients new and better treatment options, and remains fully committed to further advancing cancer research, treatment and care.