Effect of multidisciplinary treatment (MDT) on survival outcomes of lung cancer patients: Experiences from China

Aim To evaluate the effect of multidisciplinary treatment (MDT) on the survival outcomes of Chinese lung cancer patients. Methods Data from a Chinese tertiary cancer hospital of lung cancer patients were collected and divided into two groups (MDT+/−) according to whether the patients had received an MDT. The survival analysis was performed after propensity score matching (PSM). Results Before PSM, more patients in the MDT+ group had documented information on clinical characteristics and showed more unfavorable clinical characteristics than patients in the MDT− group. After PSM, there was no imbalance in the first‐line treatment strategies between the two groups. When the patients were analyzed separately, for patients in the MDT− group, age at diagnosis, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score, stage, smoking history, and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene status were all significant factors for survival (p