MULTIDISCIPLINARY ONCOLOGY TEAM

Not Just One Doctor,
but an Entire Team Making Decisions Together.

From comprehensive oncology care and precision radiotherapy to medical physics and minimally invasive interventional treatment, complex cancer decisions require specialists from different disciplines to evaluate the case together, first identifying the patient’s most important treatment needs before deciding which technologies should be involved.

Radiation Oncology Medical Oncology Medical Physics Interventional Oncology
One Patient. One Team. One Coordinated Decision. You do not need to guess which specialty to see first. For complex cases, the priority is to determine the treatment sequence first, then decide which specialties should participate together.
Oncology specialist team at Jinshazhou Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ONCOLOGY TEAM MDT · Precision · Collaboration
Team Philosophy
TEAM PHILOSOPHY

Complex Cancer Should Not Be Decided by One Specialty Alone.

True MDT is not simply about putting together opinions from different specialties. It starts by identifying the patient’s most urgent treatment needs, then comparing the priority of different treatment pathways.

OUR CORE PRINCIPLE First Identify the Most Important Problem to Solve,
Then Decide Which Technology Should Be Used.
Surgery, radiotherapy, systemic therapy and interventional treatment are not competing choices. For patients with complex cancers, what matters more is deciding when local treatment should come first, when systemic therapy is needed, which treatments can be combined and which treatments should be postponed.
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Seeing a Surgeon Does Not Mean Surgery Must Come First.

In some cases, if staging and overall assessment are not completed first, distant metastases or greater-than-expected local complexity may only become apparent after surgery, potentially missing a more appropriate treatment window.

Single-Specialty Thinking First ask whether surgery is possible.
MDT Thinking First ask whether surgery should be the current priority.
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Seeing Medical Oncology Does Not Mean Simply Switching to Another Drug.

When drug treatment has limited effectiveness, the team should reassess whether there are large lesions that can be controlled locally, whether a repeat biopsy is needed, or whether the overall treatment strategy should be adjusted.

Single-Specialty Thinking Try switching to another drug.
MDT Thinking Reassess why the disease is not being adequately controlled.
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Radiotherapy Is Not About Giving More Dose.

Precision radiotherapy must consider tumor location, previous radiation dose, normal-tissue tolerance, target coverage and whether retreatment may be needed in the future.

Single-Specialty Thinking First ask whether a higher dose can be delivered.
MDT Thinking Consider disease control, safety and long-term treatment options.
It Is Not “Use Whatever Machine We Have” — It Is “Use What the Patient Needs Most Right Now.” Treatment technologies are tools. What matters most is determining the right treatment pathway first.
World-Class Oncology Team
WORLD-CLASS ONCOLOGY TEAM

Entrust Complex Cancer Care to a More Complete, More Experienced Team.

Senior oncology specialists, precision radiotherapy teams, medical physicists and minimally invasive interventional teams work together, creating a high-density, multi-platform and multidisciplinary oncology capability from treatment strategy through technical execution.

SENIOR EXPERT TEAM Senior Expert Team

Complex cases are reviewed by oncology specialists with extensive experience in clinical care, research and difficult cases.

HIGH-VOLUME EXPERIENCE
5000+

According to the team’s specialist profile, core radiotherapy experts had completed more than 5,000 radiotherapy treatments for malignant tumors by 2024.

COMPREHENSIVE RADIOTHERAPY Multi-Platform Precision Radiotherapy System

Multiple platforms including CyberKnife, TomoTherapy, TrueBeam, Halcyon, Ethos, HyperArc and proton therapy can be considered in a coordinated manner.

WORLD-CLASS TRAINING International Training & Technical Background

Team members have training backgrounds including Henry Ford Cancer Institute in the United States and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan, together with experience in international equipment application and medical physics.

INTERVENTIONAL ONCOLOGY Thousands of Interventional Procedures

According to the interventional team’s records, thousands of minimally invasive interventional procedures have been completed across lung, hepatobiliary, breast and gastrointestinal tumors.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY DECISION Decisions Are Not Made by One Doctor Alone

Medical oncology, radiation oncology, medical physics, interventional oncology, imaging and other specialties may participate together in determining treatment pathways for complex cases.

World-class care is not one machine. It is the team, the experience, and the ability to choose the right path.
Radiotherapy Team
RADIOTHERAPY TEAM · PRECISION BEHIND THE MACHINE

Precision Radiotherapy Is More Than Advanced Equipment.
What Truly Makes the Difference Is the Team and Experience.

From clinical judgment, target delineation and dose planning to image guidance, respiratory motion management and safety verification, high-precision radiotherapy depends on teamwork, depth of experience and the ability to execute across multiple platforms.

Precision radiotherapy equipment
TEAM + TECHNOLOGY The Machine Is Only a Tool.
What Determines Treatment Quality Is Judgment, Planning and Execution.

Complex lesions, re-irradiation, respiratory motion management and stereotactic treatment all require clinical goals, physics planning and equipment capabilities to be integrated into one coordinated treatment pathway.

True Precision Radiotherapy Is a Complete System of “Judgment × Planning × Execution.”

Radiotherapy is not simply about choosing a machine and setting a dose. Complex cases require consideration of tumor location, previous irradiation, normal-tissue tolerance, respiratory motion, target coverage, image guidance and the possibility of future retreatment.

5000+ According to specialist profiles, core radiotherapy experts had completed more than 5,000 malignant-tumor radiotherapy cases by 2024
Top 10 The team has medical physics experience at an international Top 10 level in radiotherapy treatment planning
SRS / SBRT / Precision RadiotherapyHigh-precision local treatment for small-volume lesions and tumors in complex locations.
IGRT / Image GuidanceVerify positioning and target areas before treatment to improve consistency of actual radiation delivery.
Respiratory Motion ManagementFor lesions in the lung, liver and other areas that move with breathing, helping reduce errors caused by positional changes.
Proton & Multi-Platform CoordinationSelect the most appropriate radiotherapy platform based on the patient’s condition and target characteristics rather than relying on a single machine.
CyberKnife M6CyberKnife M6 · SRS / SBRT
TomotherapyTomoTherapy · Complex Target Coverage
EthosEthos · Adaptive Radiotherapy
Proton TherapyProton Therapy · Normal Tissue Protection
MDT Specialties Network
MDT SPECIALTIES NETWORK

For a Complex Case,
Which Specialties May Need to Evaluate It Together?

Not every patient needs every specialty involved. But truly complex cases often require imaging, pathology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, interventional oncology and other teams to work together in determining treatment priorities.

PATIENT CASE Do Not Choose the Specialty First.
Start by Looking at the Entire Case.
Pathology · Staging · Previous Treatment · Current Risks · Treatment Goals
Imaging / Nuclear Medicine Imaging staging, PET/MR, lesion identification and pre-treatment assessment.
Medical Oncology Chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy and systemic treatment strategies.
Radiation Oncology SRS, SBRT, IMRT, re-irradiation and local control strategies.
Pathology Pathological diagnosis, IHC and molecular confirmation when necessary.
Interventional Oncology Vascular and non-vascular intervention, ablation and local minimally invasive treatment.
Radiation Physics Dose planning, image guidance, respiratory motion management and treatment safety.
Surgery Assess the value of surgery, resectability and the appropriate timing of surgery.
Supportive / Integrative Care Symptom management, nutrition, rehabilitation and comprehensive support during treatment.
True MDT Is Not About Having More People — It Is About Every Specialty Answering the Same Question: What Should the Patient Do First Next?

The value of MDT in complex cases is not to add more treatment, but to reduce incorrect sequencing, repeated treatment and unnecessary loss of time.

CASE-BASED DECISION MAKING