Survival Impact of an Enhanced Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Conference in a Regional Community Health Care System.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We compared NSCLC treatment and survival within and outside a multidisciplinary model of care from a large community health care system.

Methods

We implemented a rigorously benchmarked "enhanced" Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Conference (eMTOC) and used Tumor Registry data (2011-2017) to evaluate guideline-concordant care. Because eMTOC was located in metropolitan Memphis, we separated non-MTOC patient by metropolitan and regional location. We categorized National Comprehensive Cancer Network guideline-concordant treatment as "preferred," or "appropriate" (allowable under certain circumstances). We compared demographic and clinical characteristics across cohorts using chi-square tests and survival using Cox regression, adjusted for multiple testing. We als

SUBMITTER: Ray MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8474211 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature