Table 1: Reasons for differences between the recommended therapy and the therapy actually received
From: Cross-sectional increase of adherence to multidisciplinary tumor board decisions
Reasons for differences | Definition of the reason |
|---|---|
Patient wish (according to DKG-definition) | The patient refused the recommended therapy |
Doctor decision (according to DKG-definition) | A change in therapy was justified by the patient’s comorbidities, general condition or occurring side effects. |
Patient death | The patient died before the beginning of the recommended therapy. |
Missing follow-up | Termination of therapy documentation |
Treatment change ex domo | Ex domo a different therapy was chosen. |
Missing documentation | Reasons for a change in therapy were unknown. |
Outside the observatory period | Performance period was in the future. |
Recommended drug was not available at this time | In one single case the patient had a change in therapy because the recommended drug was not available at this time. |