Active involvement of patients, radiation oncologists, and surgeons in a multidisciplinary team approach: Guiding local therapy in recurrent, metastatic rectal cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the extensive implementation of an organized multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach in cancer treatment, there is little evidence regarding the optimal format of MDT. We aimed to investigate the impact of patient participation in MDT care on the actual application rate of metastasis-directed local therapy.

Methods

We identified all 1211 patients with locally advanced rectal cancer treated with neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy at a single institution from 2006 to 2018. Practice patterns, tumor burden and OMD state were analyzed in recurrent, metastatic cases.

Results

With a median follow-up of 60.7 months, 281 patients developed metastases, and 96 (34.2%), 92 (32.7%), and 93 (33.1%) patients had 1, 2-5, and >5 lesions, respectively. In our study, 27.1% w

SUBMITTER: Choi SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10709736 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature