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Evidence supports the use of multidisciplinary team meetings

Author(s) -

Pullen Lara C.

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

ca: a cancer journal for clinicians

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1542-4863

pISSN - 0007-9235

DOI - 10.3322/caac.21376

Subject(s) - multidisciplinary approach , medicine , multidisciplinary team , systematic review , medical physics , family medicine , medline , nursing , political science , law

Key Points A recent systematic review of MDTMs for patients with GI cancers confirmed their value in improving quality of care. According to the 9 published articles identified by the researchers that included data regarding discussions of treatment plans during MDTMs, changes in treatment were discussed by the meeting participants in 23.0% to 41.7% of evaluated cases. The systematic review also determined that treatment plans formulated during MDTMs are implemented in 90% to 100% of discussed patients, according to the 4 articles that reported this outcome.

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