Improving Outcomes in the Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: The Role of the Multidisciplinary Team Discussion Intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There is disagreement over the prognostic value of multidisciplinary team (MDT) discussion for advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). This study examined how an MDT affected patients with advanced GISTs in terms of their overall survival (OS) and whether it may enhance their performance status (PS).

Methods

A retrospective data analysis was conducted on patients with advanced GISTs between 2000 and 2022. Depending on whether they had received the MDT discussion intervention, the patients were split into two groups. The OS between the two groups was compared using the Kaplan-Meier method. A multivariate Cox regression analysis was used to analyze the prognostic variables for advanced GIST. Fisher's test was used to investigate the relationship between an

SUBMITTER: Ran P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10057951 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature