• Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;
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Objective  To explore the whole constructive conception and organization structure strategy of multi-disciplinary team (MDT) for colorectal cancer (CRC).
Methods  Combined the characteristics of large public hospital, with recognized treatment pathway in MDT for CRC and the way of medical project construction, MDT for CRC project team summarized a system of MDT for CRC of West China Hospital (MDT-CRC-WCH) by own characteristics and subject feature.
Results  MDT for CRC summarized the 5 basic characteristics about profession, classification, interaction, optimization and fast. The project has the core competencies: system new operation types for colorectal cancer and volunteer culture. By the matrix organization structure, MDT set the main departments: database team, follow-up team, nursing team and public team.
Conclusion  With effective MDT whole construction and suitable organization structure, MDT will develop in long time.

Citation: WANG Xiaodong,LI Li. Whole Constructive Conception and Basic Organization Structure in Multi-Disciplinary Team for Colorectal Cancer. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2007, 14(3): 339-342. doi: Copy