Health Professionals’ Views on Key Enabling Factors and Barriers of National Multidisciplinary Team Meetings in Cancer Care: A Qualitative Study

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Table 1 Demographic Data

Gender		Profession		Discipline
Women	45%	Physician	87%	Surgery	53%
Men	51%	Nurse	11%	Medicine/oncology	26%
No information	4%	Medical secretaries	2%	Radiology	6%
		None of the above	0%	Pathology	2%
				None of the above	14%

Table 2 Categories and Subcategories

Category 3.1	A National Arena with Potential for Comprehensive Knowledge and Collaboration	Category 3.2	Prerequisites for Decision-Making	Category 3.3	Organization and Responsibilities
3.1.1	Collective competence	3.2.1	Case discussion and adherence to treatment recommendation	3.3.1	Achieving the MDTMs full potential
3.1.2	Resource-demanding and suboptimal participation	3.2.2	Meeting climate	3.3.2	Referral to national MDTM
3.1.3	National arena for clinical research	3.2.3	Limited patient related information	3.3.3	Technical insufficiencies