Decision-making from multidisciplinary team meetings to the bedside: factors influencing the recruitment of breast cancer patients into clinical trials.

Aim Of The Study: Our aim was to determine factors influencing physicians and breast cancer patients to respectively propose or accept participation in a clinical trial following proposals made during a multidisciplinary team meeting (MTM) in a Comprehensive Cancer Centre.

Patients And Methods: Consecutive patients considered eligible for a clinical trial by a breast cancer-specific MTM were included. A detailed analysis of factors predictive of the physician proposing the trial and the patient's acceptance and final inclusion was conducted.