Table 1.
Frequency of Changes Made to Diagnosis and Treatment Plans for Patients With Breast Cancer and CRC as a Result of the MDTB Discussion, Based on the Experience of the Respondents
| Change Made to Diagnosis or Treatment Plan for Patient | Frequency of Change (%) |
Average Rating | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100 | ||
| Pathology changed | ||||||
| Breast cancer | 16.37 | 46.85 | 3.53 | 1.26 | 0.25 | 1.01 |
| CRC | 24.31 | 41.10 | 2.26 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 1.03 |
| Stage changed | ||||||
| Breast cancer | 11.97 | 48.63 | 6.23 | 3.49 | 0.50 | 1.03 |
| CRC | 10.61 | 51.01 | 6.31 | 2.53 | 1.01 | 1.06 |
| Treatment plan changed | ||||||
| Breast cancer | 0.73 | 44.15 | 21.71 | 4.88 | 2.20 | 1.12 |
| CRC | 1.74 | 47.89 | 18.61 | 2.73 | 2.73 | 1.15 |
| Type of surgery changed | ||||||
| Breast cancer | 3.72 | 49.63 | 14.64 | 2.73 | 0.74 | 1.04 |
| CRC | 3.53 | 50.63 | 12.34 | 2.27 | 1.26 | 1.07 |
Abbreviations: CRC, colorectal cancer; MDTB, multidisciplinary tumor board.