• Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;
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Objective  To explore the consultation model of multi-disciplinary team (MDT) for colorectal cancer (CRC).
Methods  Combined the characteristics of large public hospital, with recognized treatment pathway in international MDT for CRC and a comparison to the traditional consultation, to explore a consultation process model of multi-disciplinary team-working for colorectal cancer of West China Hospital (MDT-CRC-WCH) by own feature.
Results  Colorectal cancer MDT project team summarized the advantage of the consultation process of MDT-CRC-WCH and the drawback of the traditional consultation, descripted the purpose and characterisctics of MDT consultation by adopting creative whole-mode ideal of MDT-CRC-WCH, and descripted the present implementation of the consultation of MDT-CRC-WCH.
Conclusion  The consultation process of MDT has appeared distinctive features to the traditional, and it may direct the future evolving of the consultation model, however, advanced research is needed.

Citation: CAO Lin,WANG Xiaodong,LI Li. Consultation Model of Multi-Disciplinary Team for Colorectal Cancer. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2007, 14(3): 343-345. doi: Copy