title: Status of radiotherapy in a multidisciplinary cancer board.
abstract: Multidisciplinary cancer boards (CBs) for making cancer treatment decisions have become popular in many countries; however, the status of radiotherapy in CBs and the influence of CBs on radiotherapy decisions have not been studied. To clarify these issues, we reviewed the minutes of our CBs from February 2010 to March 2012, and we classified planned treatments discussed at the CBs into five categories and analyzed decisions concerning radiotherapy in each category. The fraction of cases for which radiotherapy was recommended was 536/757 (71%). These cases included 478 cases (63%) for which radiation therapy was planned and four cases (0.5%) for which radiation therapy was unexpectedly recommended. On the other hand, radiation therapy was canceled in 21 cases (4%) for which radiation therapy had been planned. This study showed that radiotherapy was discussed in many cases at CBs and that CBs have a great influence on decisions concerning radiotherapy.
authors: Department of Radiation Oncology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2-2-2, Iida-nishi, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
authors: Mayumi
authors: M
authors: Ichikawa
authors: Kenji
authors: K
authors: Nemoto
authors: Misako
authors: M
authors: Miwa
authors: Ibuki
authors: I
authors: Ohta
authors: Takuma
authors: T
authors: Nomiya
authors: Mayumi
authors: M
authors: Yamakawa
authors: Yuriko
authors: Y
authors: Itho
authors: Tadahisa
authors: T
authors: Fukui
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Yoshioka
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006075:Governing Board; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018579:Patient Selection; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: cancer board; multidisciplinary approach; radiotherapy; treatment decision
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