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Table 5 Details on the non-implementation of MDTMs’** decisions

From: Implementation rate and effects of multidisciplinary team meetings on decision making about radiotherapy: an observational study at a single Japanese institution

Non-implemented decision

 

n = 124

%*

Classification of initial treatment proposals

A

15

6.7

 

B1

66

6.1

 

B2

10

3.8

 

C1

31

14.6

 

C2

2

5.6

Specialty fields

Hematology

22

26.8

 

Gastrointestinal

25

15.4

 

Head and neck

10

10.1

 

Breast

2

9.5

 

Hepatobiliary

5

8.1

 

Ophthalmology

2

7.7

 

Bone and soft tissue

5

7.6

 

Lung

31

7.4

 

Brain

8

3.6

 

Urology

12

3.1

 

Pediatric

1

2.7

 

Gynecology

1

0.9

 

Dermatology

0

0.0

 

Unknown

0

0.0

Recommendation of radiotherapy at meetings

Recommend

102

8.5

 

Not recommend

22

3.6

  1. *Rates of all cases for each item
  2. **Multidisciplinary team meetings