Table 2 Audit of clinical records
From: Clinical audit of multidisciplinary care at a medium-sized hospital in Spain
Relevant cancer conference | Cases | MDT discussion | Prospective presentation | Written documentation | Explicitly documented cTNM | Explicitly documented pTNM | Diagnostic delay | Therapeutic delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General | 496 | 320 (64.5%) | 198 (40%) | 259 (52%) | 118 (23.8%) | 266 (53.6%) | 33 | 21 |
Gastrointestinal | 147 | 124 (84.3%) | 87 (59.1%) | 116 (78.9%) | 58 (39.4%) | 89 (60.5%) | 30 | 21 |
Breast | 46 | 43 (93%) | 38 (82.6%) | 43 (93%) | 9 (19.5%) | 35 (76%) | 28 | 28 |
Lung | 68 | 36 (52.9%) | 15 (21.7%) | 10 (14.5%) | 11 (16.1%) | 24 (35.3%) | 13 | 10 |
Hematology | 33 | 14 (42%) | 7 (21%) | 8 (24%) | na | na | na | na |
Urology | 81 | 46 (56.7%) | 15 (18.5%) | 28 (34.5%) | 11 (13.5%) | 52 (64.2%) | 46 | 33 |
Gynecology | 23 | 19 (82.6%) | 10 (43.5%) | 16 (69.6%) | 5 (21.7%) | 16 (69.6%) | 34 | 31 |
H and N | 28 | 16 (57%) | 8 (28.6%) | 8 (28.6%) | 11 (39.3%) | 19 (67.8%) | 46 | 19 |
Sarcomas | 5 | 5 (100%) | 2 (40%) | 1 (20%) | 1 (20%) | 3 (60%) | 41 | 15 |
Melanoma | 16 | 14 (87.5%) | 2 (40%) | 11 (68.7%) | 3 (18.7%) | 11 (68.7%) | 13 | 56 |
Other: Unknown origin, Thyroid, Brain, Peritoneum | 41 | 4 (9.7%) | 2 (4.9%) | 1 (2.4%) | 1 (2.4%) | 7 (17.1%) | 50 | 23 |