Compliance with multidisciplinary team recommendations and disease outcomes in early breast cancer patients: An analysis of 4501 consecutive patients

Autor: Xingxia Yang, Jiahui Huang, Xiaoping Zhu, Kunwei Shen, Juanying Zhu, Xiaosong Chen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Breast, Vol 52, Iss , Pp 135-145 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1532-3080
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2020.05.008
Popis: Background: Multidisciplinary team (MDT) discussions are widely held to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, but patient compliance with the MDT recommendations and the impact of compliance on disease outcome are uncertain. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of data from a prospective database of breast cancer patients treated at Shanghai Ruijin Hospital between April 2013 and August 2018. MDT discussions were held for all patients before they started adjuvant therapy. The patients were classified into compliant and non-compliant groups according to whether they received the MDT-recommended regimens. We also analyzed which clinicopathological factors were associated with compliance and prognosis. Results: Of 4501 breast cancer patients, 3681 (81.8%) and 820 (18.2%) were included in the compliant and non-compliant groups, respectively. Age >70 years (P
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