Annual Congress Vienna 2012

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Good quality clinical recommendations for thoracic malignancy management in Europe

Symposium
Chairs: N. Schoenfeld (Berlin, Germany), J-P. Sculier (Brussels, Belgium)
Aims: The aims of this symposium are to: obtain information about the health organisation and facilities for thoracic malignancies in various European countries; obtain practical information about the literature on quality assessment in thoracic oncology; and identify which of the available guidelines are good.

Published literature and guidelines in thoracic oncology: what is worth reading? M. Paesmans (Brussels, Belgium)
National and local care in thoracic oncology: does Europe speak the same language? A. Rich (Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Improving tumour documentation in thoracic oncology: what can we learn from each other? D. Baldwin (Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Quality management in thoracic oncology: how do patients and clinicians benefit? T. Blum (Berlin, Germany)