REVIEW article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Psycho-Oncology
The Role and Synergistic Mechanisms of Clinical Nurse Specialists in Cancer Multidisciplinary Treatment in China: A Narrative Review
Provisionally accepted
- 1Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunming, China
- 2云南中医药大学第一附属医院, 云南，昆明, China
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Integrating specialized nurses into the clinical implementation pathways of multidisciplinary treatment (MDT) for cancer in China holds significant importance. This paper systematically analyzes the development of cancer MDT in China, the current status of specialized nurses' participation in cancer MDT domestically and internationally, their core roles, and the challenges they face. Based on the characteristics of China's healthcare system, it proposes optimization strategies including institutional empowerment, capacity building, performance incentives, and standard restructuring. The aim is to provide references for promoting the deep involvement of specialized nurses in MDT, enhancing the quality of cancer patient diagnosis and treatment, and improving the continuity of nursing services, thereby offering practical evidence for refining and promoting China's cancer MDT model.
Keywords: cancer nursing, Chinese healthcare system, Collaborative mechanism, Multidisciplinary team, Nurse practitioner, role redefinition
Received: 26 Jan 2026; Accepted: 03 Feb 2026.
Copyright: © 2026 Jiang, Ji, LI, Zhang, Yin, Chen and He. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Rong He
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