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  • Referral rates to multidisciplinary team meetings: Is there disparity between tumour streams?

    Author(s)
    Atwell, Daisy
    Vignarajah, Dinesh D
    Chan, Bryan A
    Buddle, Nicole
    Manders, Peter M
    West, Katrina
    Knesl, Marcel
    Long, Jeremy
    Min, Myo
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Long, Jeremy
    Knesl, Marcel
    Min, Myo
    Chan, Bryan
    Vignarajah, Dharman
    Year published
    2019
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    Abstract
    Introduction: The multidisciplinary team meeting (MDTM) approach is accepted as standard of care to optimise treatment for patients diagnosed with cancer. This retrospective audit reviews the proportion of patients whose care is being discussed at cancer MDTMs within the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service (SCHHS). Methods: Patients included were those diagnosed with cancer within the SCHHS between 2010 and 2015, and subsequently referred to a public MDTM for discussion. Data were extracted from the Queensland Cancer Control Analysis Team (QCCAT) database regarding the incidence of breast, lung, upper gastrointestinal ...
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    Introduction: The multidisciplinary team meeting (MDTM) approach is accepted as standard of care to optimise treatment for patients diagnosed with cancer. This retrospective audit reviews the proportion of patients whose care is being discussed at cancer MDTMs within the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service (SCHHS). Methods: Patients included were those diagnosed with cancer within the SCHHS between 2010 and 2015, and subsequently referred to a public MDTM for discussion. Data were extracted from the Queensland Cancer Control Analysis Team (QCCAT) database regarding the incidence of breast, lung, upper gastrointestinal (GI), colorectal, genitourinary and malignant haematological cancers and the number of patients referred to the corresponding MDTM. Results: Data from 2015 show referral rates to MDTMs as follows: lung 100%, upper gastrointestinal 100%, colorectal 64%, breast 60%, malignant haematology 40% and genitourinary 28%. Of the genitourinary presentations, 70% were prostate cases and 14% bladder cases. Review of genitourinary MDTM outcomes found that, of the patients with prostate cancer discussed, 30% were metastatic, 19% were poor surgical candidates and 15% had biochemical recurrence. Conclusion: This audit demonstrates variable utilisation of MDTMs between tumour streams. Our study shows a high and increasing referral rate to all tumour stream MDTMs except for genitourinary. This suggests a possible underutilisation of genitourinary MDTMs to discuss treatment options for patients with genitourinary cancer. Collaborative research is warranted to further investigate whether this is a local or widespread issue.
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    Journal Title
    JOURNAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING AND RADIATION ONCOLOGY
    Volume
    63
    Issue
    3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/1754-9485.12851
    Subject
    Clinical sciences
    Nursing
    Oncology and carcinogenesis
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/385897
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