ReviewCancers2021
The Effects of Multidisciplinary Team Meetings on Clinical Practice for Colorectal, Lung, Prostate and Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review.
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- Factors influencing discussion duration in breast cancer multidisciplinary team meetings: insights for streamlining care.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2026Article
- Association of multidisciplinary team meetings and survival in gastric cancer patients: nationwide cohort study.BJS open · 2026Article
- Supporting nurses to improve clinical trial discussions with patients with lung cancer using the Lung I-ACT tool: a mixed methods pilot study.BMJ open respiratory research · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of multidisciplinary team collaboration in focal pancreatic lesion management: a systematic review.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Review
- Hereditary gynecological cancer management in women with Lynch syndrome: a survey across Europe.Familial cancer · 2026Article
- The impact of best practice meetings on clinical outcomes in surgical and oncological care: a scoping review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Review
- Moral reasoning during vascular surgeons' case conferences: finding the balance of risk and benefit by exploring the clinical details.HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues · 2026Article
- Implementing consistent pretreatment multidisciplinary review for breast cancer: a quality improvement project.BMJ open quality · 2026Article
- Intelligent MDT treatment decision making for stage III NSCLC using dual level embedding and three level explanation.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Multidisciplinary team diagnosis and treatment of well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma: current landscape and future prospects.The oncologist · 2026Review
- How to Integrate Surgery into the Multidisciplinary Treatment of Liver-Only Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.Cancers · 2026Review
- Surgical Approach as a Mediator of Rural-Urban Disparity after Colon Cancer Resection.Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2026Article
- Understanding and Addressing Clinical Variation in Rectal Cancer Care: Application of an Analytic Framework.Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology · 2026Article
- The role of artificial intelligence in postoperative clinical decision-making for pancreatic cancer: a pilot study.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Prospective multi-centre evaluation of guideline-based artificial intelligence to streamline multidisciplinary tumour board.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of our systematic review is to identify the effects of multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTM) for lung, breast, colorectal and prostate cancer.
methodsOur systematic review, performed following PRISMA guidelines, included studies examining the impact of MDTMs on treatment decisions, patient and process outcomes. Electronic databases PUBMED, EMBASE, Cochrane Library and Web of Science were searched for articles published between 2000 and 2020. Risk of bias and level of evidence were assessed using the ROBINS-I tool and GRADE scale.
results41 of 13,246 articles were selected, evaluating colorectal (21), lung (10), prostate (6) and breast (4) cancer. Results showed that management plans were changed in 1.6-58% of cases after MDTMs. Studies reported a significant impact of MDTMs on surgery type, and a reduction of overall performed surgery after MDTM. Results also suggest that CT and MRI imaging significantly increased after MDTM implementation. Survival rate increased significantly with MDTM discussions according to twelve studies, yet three studies did not show significant differences.
conclusionsDespite heterogeneous data, MDTMs showed a significant impact on management plans, process outcomes and patient outcomes. To further explore the impact of MDTMs on the quality of healthcare, high-quality research is needed.
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