The influence of multidisciplinary team meetings on treatment decisions in advanced bladder cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the role of specialised genitourinary multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTMs) in decision-making and identify factors that influence the probability of receiving a treatment plan with curative intent for patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC).

Patients and methods

Data relating to patients with cT2-4aN0/X-1 M0 urothelial cell carcinoma, diagnosed between November 2017 and October 2019, were selected from the nationwide, population-based Netherlands Cancer Registry ('BlaZIB study'). Curative treatment options were defined as radical cystectomy (RC) with or without neoadjuvant chemotherapy, chemoradiation or brachytherapy. Multilevel logistic regression analyses were used to examine the association between MDTM factors and curative treatm

SUBMITTER: Walraven JEW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087452 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature