Objective To discuss the strategies for building the framework of team culture of multi-disciplinary team (MDT) for colorectal cancer. Methods By comprehending the traditional concept of volunteer and probing into the value of traditional team culture, combining the needs of MDT for colorectal cancer, build appropriate team culture and core idea of MDT for colorectal cancer. Results Confirm that building of volunteers groups and the volunteers culture is the core of the team culture of MDT for colorectal cancer. Analyze characters of volunteers groups and the operation strategies, and find the way of maintaining the volunteers culture. Conclusion With the development of volunteers groups and increased participants, the team culture of MDT for colorectal cancer will show more sociality and extent. And it is also the important idea and direction for development in future. As team culture, organization structure and personnel structure supplements each other, adjusting and perfecting the team culture in practice continually is a long-term work for MDT.
The national policy on high-quality development of hospitals proposes to strengthen information technology support and actively promote the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) model. How to use the “Internet Plus” technology and operation mode to promote MDT communication and improve the efficiency of diagnosis and treatment in the digital and intelligent information age is a direction worthy of attention and research. This paper systematically reviews the current development status of MDT informatization construction at home and abroad. Based on the current challenges and opportunities, it makes prospects for the future development of MDT informatization construction from the aspects of strengthening the digital and intelligent support of MDT operation, connecting MDT “information silos”, and deepening the construction of MDT supervision and effect evaluation system, etc.
Objective To explore the consultation model of multi-disciplinary team （MDT） for colorectal cancer (CRC). Methods Combined the characteristics of large public hospital, with recognized treatment pathway in international MDT for CRC and a comparison to the traditional consultation, to explore a consultation process model of multi-disciplinary team-working for colorectal cancer of West China Hospital (MDT-CRC-WCH) by own feature. Results Colorectal cancer MDT project team summarized the advantage of the consultation process of MDT-CRC-WCH and the drawback of the traditional consultation, descripted the purpose and characterisctics of MDT consultation by adopting creative whole-mode ideal of MDT-CRC-WCH, and descripted the present implementation of the consultation of MDT-CRC-WCH. Conclusion The consultation process of MDT has appeared distinctive features to the traditional, and it may direct the future evolving of the consultation model, however, advanced research is needed.
Objective To further discuss the strategies for building the framework of team culture of multi-disciplinary team (MDT) for colorectal cancer. Methods By analyzing the present situation of volunteer team of MDT and exploring the problems existed, look for new strategies to develop the volunteer team. Results The new strategies, such as optimizing the framework of the volunteer team and introducing into systematic and standardized training program, together with the gradually enlarged propaganda for the volunteer team, promote the development of MDT effectively. Conclusion By the exploration and practice in early stage, the volunteer team of MDT is gradually working smoothly. It is necessary to improve the strategies for developing the volunteer team of MDT constantly to make it integrate the MDT.
The deep integration of modern technology and medical development promotes the change of medical and health management environment. As an important part of hospital medical and health decision-making process, the evaluation and access of medical equipment and consumables need scientific evidence-based evaluation system. This paper introduces a new-equipment evaluation model created by the multi-disciplinary evaluation team of West China Hospital of Sichuan University under the guidance of evidence-based ideas and methods. This model is suitable for the Chinese national conditions and easy to operate.
Multi-disciplinary team (MDT) is increasingly applied in oncology and refractory diseases. In recent years, MDT has also been applied in diagnosis and treatment of pituitary adenoma and related diseases. This review summarizes the advantages and characteristics of the MDT diagnosis and treatment mode, and analyzes the application and effect of the MDT diagnosis and treatment mode in the Center of Pituitary Adenoma and Related Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University. So far, it has shown that MDT has advantages such as it is professional, full of collaborative interaction, and efficient and optimized. It is a platform of multi-disciplinary cooperation and resources in the diagnosis and treatment of difficult diseases. Case discussion in MDT mode is conducive to timely selection of the best treatment options for patients with pituitary adenoma and related diseases, providing a good learning platform for doctors with different professional backgrounds, and promoting the improvement of professional diagnosis and treatment level of doctors in related departments. The development of MDT will help us to use limited medical resources efficiently, promote the medical team to be more specialized, optimize the diagnosis and treatment process, and improve the effectiveness of the treatment, for benefiting more patients with pituitary adenomas and related diseases.
Objective To evaluate the risk of management decision combined neo-adjuvant chemotherapy with operation for colorectal cancer by means of the colorectal cancer model of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI-CCM). Methods One hundred and eighty-one eligible patients (102 male, 79 female, mean age 58.78 years), which were pathologically proved colorectal cancer in our ward from July to November 2007, involved 62 colonic and 119 rectal cancer. The enrollment were assigned into multi-disciplinary team (MDT) group (n=65) or non-MDT group (n=116), according to whether the MDT was adopted, and the operative risk was analyzed by ACPGBI-CCM. Results The baseline characteristics of MDT and non-MDT group were coherent. The watershed of lower risk group (LRG) and higher risk group (HRG) was set as predictive mortality=2.07%. The time involving extraction of gastric, urethral and drainage tube, feeding, out-of-bed activity after operation in MDT group, whatever in LRG or HRG, were statistically earlier than those in non-MDT group (P＜0.05). The resectable rate in LRG was statistically higher than that in HRG (P＜0.05), and the proportion of Dukes staging was significantly different (P＜0.05) between two groups; Moreover, predictive mortality in HRG was statistically higher than that in LRG (P＜0.05), while actually there was no death in both groups. Conclusion Dukes staging which is included as an indispensable option by ACPGBI-CCM is responsible for the lower predictive mortality in LRG.Hence, the value of ACPGBI-CCM used to asses the morbidity of complications within 30 days postoperatively would be warranted by further research. The postoperative risk evaluation can serve as a novel routine to comprehensively analyze the short-term safe in the MDT.
Objective To explore the clinical effect of different strategies for surgical treatment of cancer of rectum combined with neo-adjuvant chemotherapy under multi-disciplinary team. Methods From January 2007 to December 2007, the patients diagnosed definitely as rectal cancer were analyzed retrospectively, of whom accept surgery combined with neo-adjuvant chemotherapy were included. The clinical effects were studied and observed, the differences among the strategies for different surgical treatment 〔high anterior resection (HAR), low anterior resection (LAR), out-pouching with colo-anal anastomosis (OCAA), radical resection with non-saving anus (RNSA), and palliation colostomy (PCO)〕 in the multi modality therapy were compared. Results Comparing the constituent ratio of gross type of tumor in five groups, the difference between PCO group and the other 4 groups had mainly statistical significance （P＜0.05）. The difference of constituent ratio of Dukes staging had statistical significance between HAR group and OCAA group, HAR group and PCO group, LAR group and PCO group （P＜0.05）. According to the duration of operation, the persisting time of PCO group was obviously shorter than that of the other 4 groups （P＜0.05）, meanwhile, the persisting time of LAR group was shorter than that of OCAA group and RNSA group （P＜0.05）. According to the volume of ascites discovered in operation, mainly between HAR group and LAR group, between HAR group and RNSA group, the incidence of a seroperitoneum more than 200 ml in the former was less than the latter （P＜0.05）. Regarding to indexes of laboratory, CEA value in PCO group was higher than the other 4 groups, serum amyloid A value in RNSA group was higher than the other 4 groups, and the differences had statistical significances （P＜0.05）. Conclusion Mini-invasive surgery may have certain significance in clinical effect of the comprehensive treatment for advanced rectal cancer when different operative methods were combined with neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. And by the way, better clinical effect will take place when the anus-retained operation is possibly performed.
Objective To explore the application of multi-disciplinary team (MDT) clinics in fetal developmental abnormalities. Methods A retrospective analysis method was used to collect case data of fetal developmental abnormalities and completion of prenatal MDT clinics diagnosis and treatment in pregnant women who were registered in the Department of Obstetrics of West China Second Hospital, Sichuan University between December 2021 and November 2022. The situation of pregnant women and fetuses was summarized and analyzed. Results There were 19362 registered pregnant women, of which 1125 (5.8%) had abnormal fetal development. Among them, 272 (24.2%) received prenatal MDT clinics diagnosis and treatment. Fetal developmental abnormalities were mainly characterized by structural abnormalities (208 cases, 76.5%), with the top three being central nervous system abnormalities, circulatory system abnormalities, and multiple malformations. There were 202 pregnant women who continue to conceive, and 70 cases had undergone induced labor, with an induced labor rate of 25.7%. The top three main causes of induced abortion were multiple malformations, central nervous system abnormalities, and circulatory system abnormalities. After prenatal MDT clinics diagnosis and treatment, the diagnosis of fetal developmental abnormalities in 46 pregnant women were corrected. Conclusion Prenatal MDT clinics are helpful for the early comprehensive evaluation of fetal developmental abnormalities and the determination of diagnosis and treatment plans.
Objective To explore the intervention effect on colorectal cancer operation by neo-adjuvant chemotherapy in multi-disciplinary team. Methods To analyze retrospectively the data of patients diagnosed definitely as colorectal cancer in the West China Hospital of Sichuan University from July 2007 to December 2007, and the planned and actual operative strategy were compared between MDT group and non-MDT group. Results According to the inclusion criteria, 251 colorectal cancer patients were included which had 183 rectal cancer and 68 colon cancer. The baseline between MDT group and non-MDT group was equal, and there was no difference of planned operative strategy between two groups. For patients planned undergoing standard ano-saving radical procedure, the ratio of actual procedure same to the planned and the ratio of radical procedure changed to expansive ano-saving radical procedure showed no significant differences between MDT group and non-MDT group (Pgt;0.05), whereas the difference of the ratio of radical procedure changed to local radical procedure between two groups was statistically significant (Plt;0.01). And the constituent ratio of actual procedure between two groups for patients which planned accepted non-ano-saving procedure didn’t have any significant difference (Pgt;0.05). For the cancer focus, the relief differences of complete remission and partial remission were statistically significant between two groups (P＜0.01), but the difference of the constituent ratio of T staging change was not statistically significant (Pgt;0.05). Conclusion The value of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy should not be limited to decrease the stage of cancer, and it is important to pay more attention to the high quality of combined therapy. Further research should be carried out to find the contribution of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy to mini-invasive surgery.