Open AccessDoes in-house availability of multidisciplinary teams increase survival in upper gastrointestinal-cancer?
Author(s) -
Christian Kersten,
Milada Cvancarova,
Svein Mjåland,
Odd Mjåland
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1948-5204
DOI - 10.4251/wjgo.v5.i3.60
Subject(s) - medicine , norwegian , cancer , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , overall survival , population , stage (stratigraphy) , multidisciplinary team , relative survival , cancer registry , environmental health , confidence interval , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , nursing , biology
To investigate the effect of the establishment of in-house multidisciplinary team (MDT) availability (iMDTa) on survival in upper gastrointestinal cancer (UGI) patients.