Clinical management of oligometastatic cancer: Applying multidisciplinary tumor board recommendations in practice.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Multidisciplinary tumor boards (MDTs) are an integral part of ensuring high-quality, evidence-based and personalized cancer care. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the adherence to and implementation of MDT recommendations in patients with oligometastatic disease (OMD).

Methods

We screened all oncologic positron emission tomography (PET) scans conducted at a single comprehensive cancer center in 2020. Patients were included if they had evidence of imaging-based OMD from a solid organ malignancy on the index scans, had their OMD case discussed at an MDT, and were treated and followed up at the same center. A switch away from the MDT-recommended treatment modalities was classified as a major deviation; non-MDT-mandated adjustments to a recommended treatment modal

SUBMITTER: Christ SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11367634 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature