Quality Management 2017

An History (1998-1999) and actors of MDMs

• 324 patients evaluables of the 329 patients that partecipated in the MDM for HeN cancers • The primary tumour could be TNM-classified and staged in 220 (68%) patients , of whom the majority had a cancer stage III or IV (n/127) • Staging was not performed in the remaining 104 (32%) patients ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • All participating specialists were registered during, the MDM meetings. Most meetings were attended by 3 ENT surgeons, 2 oncologists, 1 pathologist, 1 dental surgeon and 1 radiologist; one-third of the meetings were also attended by a general surgeon and in one-fifth of the meetings a thoracic surgeon was present And the radiation oncologist? And the nurse?