Objectives: The goal of this study is to evaluate and compare care received following implementation of the multidisciplinary care tumor board at a community hospital in Detroit, MI. Methods: This is ..
Objectives: The goal of this study is to evaluate and compare care received following implementation of the multidisciplinary care tumor board at a community hospital in Detroit, MI. Methods: This is a retrospective chart review of patients who were newly diagnosed with invasive breast cancer one year prior to and one year following the implemenation of the MDC tumor board. Demographic information including race, age, insurance type (private vs public) and hospital site (urban vs suburban) where treatment was received was obtained. Additionally, stage at diagnosis, hormone receptor (HR) status, eligibility for and receipt of breast conserving treatment, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, radiation therapy, adjuvant chemotherapy, fertility sparing counseling, oncotype testing and genetic counseling was also obtained. SPSS was used for multivariate analysis. Significance was determined to be p