Multidisciplinary care for patients with HCC: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given the complexity of managing HCC, professional society guidelines advocate multidisciplinary care (MDC) for patients with HCC. However, implementation of MDC programs requires a significant investment of time and resources. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to enumerate potential benefits of MDC for patients with HCC.

Methods

We conducted a search of the PubMed/MEDLINE and EMBASE databases and national conference abstracts to identify studies published after January 2005 that reported early-stage presentation, treatment receipt, or overall survival among patients with HCC, stratified by MDC status. We calculated pooled risk ratios and HRs for clinical outcomes according to MDC receipt using the DerSimonian and Laird method for random effects m

SUBMITTER: Seif El Dahan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10146543 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature