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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

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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?