The Influence of Personalised Sarcoma Care (PERSARC) Prediction Modelling on Clinical Decision Making in a Multidisciplinary Setting

Background. With soft-tissue sarcoma of the extremity (ESTS) representing a heterogenous group of tumors, management decisions are often made in multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings. To optimize outcome, nomograms are more commonly used to guide individualized treatment decision making. Purpose. To...

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Published inSarcoma Vol. 2021; pp. 8851354 - 6
Main Authors Hagenmaier, H. S. Femke, van Beeck, Annelies G. K., Haas, Rick L., van Praag, Veroniek M., van Bodegom-Vos, Leti, van der Hage, Jos A., Krol, Stijn, Speetjens, Frank M., Cleven, Arjen H. G., Navas, Ana, Kroon, Herman M., Moeri-Schimmel, Rieneke G., Leyerzapf, Nicolette A. C., van de Sande, Michiel A. J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Egypt Hindawi 2021
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Hindawi Limited
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Summary:Background. With soft-tissue sarcoma of the extremity (ESTS) representing a heterogenous group of tumors, management decisions are often made in multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings. To optimize outcome, nomograms are more commonly used to guide individualized treatment decision making. Purpose. To evaluate the influence of Personalised Sarcoma Care (PERSARC) on treatment decisions for patients with high-grade ESTS and the ability of the MDT to accurately predict overall survival (OS) and local recurrence (LR) rates. Methods. Two consecutive meetings were organised. During the first meeting, 36 cases were presented to the MDT. OS and LR rates without the use of PERSARC were estimated by consensus and preferred treatment was recorded for each case. During the second meeting, OS/LR rates calculated with PERSARC were presented to the MDT. Differences between estimated OS/LR rates and PERSARC OS/LR rates were calculated. Variations in preferred treatment protocols were noted. Results. The MDT underestimated OS when compared to PERSARC in 48.4% of cases. LR rates were overestimated in 41.9% of cases. With the use of PERSARC, the proposed treatment changed for 24 cases. Conclusion. PERSARC aids the MDT to optimize individualized predicted OS and LR rates, hereby guiding patient-centered care and shared decision making.
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Academic Editor: Cornelis Verhoef
ISSN:1357-714X
1369-1643
DOI:10.1155/2021/8851354