RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Improving coordination of lung cancer care at a tertiary healthcare center in Saudi Arabia
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 313
OP 316
DO 10.15537/smj.2022.43.3.20210750
VO 43
IS 3
A1 Abeer Alkhathlan
A1 Razan Alfaiz
A1 Ghaida Almusallam
A1 Esraa Arabi
A1 Mohammad Alkaiyat
A1 AbdulRahman Jazieh
YR 2022
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/43/3/313.abstract
AB Objectives: To evaluate the impact of coordination of care of lung cancer in a tertiary care center.Methods: A retrospective study was carried out on all patients diagnosed with lung cancer between 2016-2017 at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Data were collected from medical records, which included demographic data, the interval between cancer suspicion and definitive therapy, multidisciplinary tumor board (MTB) data, and palliative care.Results: A total of 60 (41 males and 19 females) cases of lung cancer were analyzed. The majority of patients had adenocarcinoma (63.3%) and stage IV (70%) lung cancer. A total of 32 (76.2%) of stage IV patients were referred to palliative care. Only 40 (66.7%) of the patients were presented in the MTB, of whom new findings were found in 15 (37.5%) patients including pathology findings in 3 (7.5%), radiology findings in 7 (17.5%), and staging data in 5 (12.5%). Multidisciplinary tumor board discussion had impacted the management in 14 (35%) of patients presented.Conclusion: Discussion of lung cancer cases in MTB had a positive influence on the coordination of patients’ care.