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Volume 14, Issue 3 (Iranian Journal of Breast Diseases 2021)
ijbd 2021, 14(3): 4-11 |
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Bayatloo A, Golfam F, Haghighat S, Olfatbakhsh A. Comparison of physician and multidisciplinary team's opinion in diagnosis and treatment of women with breast diseases at Motamed Cancer Institute. ijbd 2021; 14 (3) :4-11
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1- Surgery Departement, Faculty of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
2- Quality of Life Department, Breast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
3- Breast Diseases Department, Breast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran , folfatbakhsh@yahoo.com
2- Quality of Life Department, Breast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
3- Breast Diseases Department, Breast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran , folfatbakhsh@yahoo.com
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Introduction: Worldwide, breast cancer is the most common cancer-affecting women. The complexity of decision-making in the diagnosis and treatment of patients highlights the necessity for a team approach, mostly multidisciplinary team (MDT). The aim of this study was to compare the opinions of the MDT and the physician on the diagnosis and treatment of women with breast diseases at Motamed Cancer Institute.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 122 women with breast symptoms. Patients were enrolled in the study in diagnostic and therapeutic groups. After introducing patients’ complaints at the MDT meeting, each member expressed their suggestions and at the end of the meeting the final decision which was approved by the majority of members was acknowledged as the opinion of the MDT meeting. Then, the MDT decision was compared with the preliminary decision of the physician.
Results: The final decision of the MDT in the diagnostic group was the same as the physician in 48.9% of the cases, and the MDT changed the diagnosis in 51.1% of patients (P<0.001). In the treatment group, the final decision of the MDT was the same as the physician in 28.6% of cases and in 71.4%, the MDT changed the treatment procedure (P <0.001).
Conclusion: Using an MDT approach in the management of breast diseases reduces the use of aggressive procedures, and helps the physician to make decisions precisely with more confidence in complicated cases.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 122 women with breast symptoms. Patients were enrolled in the study in diagnostic and therapeutic groups. After introducing patients’ complaints at the MDT meeting, each member expressed their suggestions and at the end of the meeting the final decision which was approved by the majority of members was acknowledged as the opinion of the MDT meeting. Then, the MDT decision was compared with the preliminary decision of the physician.
Results: The final decision of the MDT in the diagnostic group was the same as the physician in 48.9% of the cases, and the MDT changed the diagnosis in 51.1% of patients (P<0.001). In the treatment group, the final decision of the MDT was the same as the physician in 28.6% of cases and in 71.4%, the MDT changed the treatment procedure (P <0.001).
Conclusion: Using an MDT approach in the management of breast diseases reduces the use of aggressive procedures, and helps the physician to make decisions precisely with more confidence in complicated cases.
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Conclusion: Using an MDT approach in the management of breast diseases reduces the use of aggressive procedures, and helps the physician to make decisions precisely with more confidence in complicated cases.
Type of Study: Research |
Received: 2021/03/17 | Accepted: 2021/09/22 | Published: 2021/10/23
Received: 2021/03/17 | Accepted: 2021/09/22 | Published: 2021/10/23
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