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Temporal trends in stage and treatment distributions were assessed using the Cochran\u2010Armitage \u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> test. Overall survival was estimated using the Kaplan\u2010Meier method.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Between 2015 and 2023, 2345 patients were enrolled. Mean age was 52.0 years (SD 13.1 years) and 62.9% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a01474) were living with HIV. Annual volume increased 4\u2010fold by 2023. Most patients had cervical cancer (74.3%), followed by vulvar (11.9%), endometrial (8.8%), ovarian (3.6%), and vaginal (1.3%) cancers. Stage distribution was: Stage I 19.2%, Stage II 23.9%, Stage III 31.3%, and Stage IV 9.4%. Trends toward increased diagnosis of Stage I disease (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.0018) and decreased diagnosis of Stage II disease (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.002) were observed in cervical cancer patients over the years of MDT consultation. Two\u2010year overall survival for patients with cervical cancer treated between 2015 and 2019 was 67.1% and increased to 75.2% between 2020 and 2024 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.002), potentially driven by increased survival of those with Stage II disease (75.7% vs. 84.8%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.025). This coincided with an increase in patients with cervical cancer receiving primary surgery (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.001) and a decrease in those receiving radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.001) and radiotherapy alone (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Gynecological cancer outcomes after MDT clinic establishment significantly improved over time. 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