Does in-house availability of multidisciplinary teams increase survival in upper gastrointestinal-cancer?

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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Mar 15, 2013; 5(3): 60-67
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Table 1 Cox proportional hazards model adjusted for age and the different regions

		MDT-No	MDT-Change	MDT-Yes	Rest of Norway
All UGI cancers	2000-2004	HR 0.96, (0.83-1.10)	HR 0.96, (0.82-1.13)	HR 0.90¹, (0.80-1.0)	HR 0.96, (0.83-1.11)
	2005-2008	HR 0.96, (0.82-1.13)	HR 0.81¹, (0.67-0.97)	HR 0.79¹, (0.70-0.89)	HR 0.85¹, (0.77-0.93)
Oesophagus	2000-2004	HR 0.75, (0.49-1.15)	HR 1.12, (0.75-1.68)	HR 0.86, (0.63-1.17)	HR 0.89, (0.73-1.1)
	2005-2008	HR 1.08, (0.72-1.61)	HR 0.60¹, (0.38-0.95)	HR 0.74¹, (0.53-1.02)	HR 0.84, (0.67-1.06)
Gastric	2000-2004	HR 0.94, (0.70-1.26)	HR 0.87 (0.66-1.15)	HR 0.99, (0.84-1.12)	HR 0.94, (0.70-1.25)
	2005-2008	HR 0.94, (0.70-1.23)	HR 0.63¹, (0.43-0.93)	HR 0.79¹, (0.65-0.97)	HR 0.82¹, (0.70-0.95)
Pancreas	2000-2004	HR 0.97, (0.79-1.2)	HR 1.04, (0.83-1.3)	HR 0.90, (0.77-1.06)	HR 1.02, (1.02-1.03)
	2005-2008	HR 0.92, (0.74-1.2)	HR 1.01, (0.78-1.3)	HR 0.84¹, (0.71-1.0)	HR 0.88, (0.78-1.0)

UGI: Upper gastrointestinal cancer; MDT: Multidisciplinary team. Hazard ratios (HR) are given with 95% confidence interval, and the county of Oslo with MDT-Mixed serves as reference.

¹Statistically significant with P-value < 0.05.

Citation: Kersten C, Cvancarova M, Mjåland S, Mjåland O. Does in-house availability of multidisciplinary teams increase survival in upper gastrointestinal-cancer? World J Gastrointest Oncol 2013; 5(3): 60-67
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