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The treatment of bone and soft tissue tumors is a highly specialized field requiring a multidisciplinary team approach. Personnel from a variety of disciplines are needed including medical, nursing, social work, case management, psychology, and rehabilitation. The lead physician, typically the orthopedic oncologist, must provide leadership and guidance to a group of medical personnel with a varied medical background and practice history. An integral part of the team is the advanced practice providers (APPs), which include advanced practice nurses (APRNs) and physician assistants (PAs). The APRNs are nurses with an advanced degree such as a master’s or doctorate degree in nursing. Nurses with advanced degrees can be a clinical nurse specialist (CNS), nurse practitioner (NP), certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA), or nurse-midwife (CNM) depending on the education track followed. This chapter will focus on the roles and responsibilities of the clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified registered nurse anesthetists and describe the treatment and care they provide sarcoma patients.
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Rosenthal, H., Haynes, K. (2017). Team Approach in the Management of Sarcoma Patients: Physician Extenders and Allied Health Professionals. In: Henshaw, R. (eds) Sarcoma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43121-5_17
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