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Fundación para la Investigación del Hospital Clínico de Valencia
Background Surgical wait list time is a major problem in many health-care systems and its influence on survival is unclear. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of the wait list time on long term disease-free survival in patients scheduled for colorectal cancer resection.
Materials and Methods A prospective, single center study was carried out in patients with stage I-III colorectal cancer scheduled for surgery between 2012-2017 at a Colorectal Surgery Unit of a tertiary care center. Wait list time was defined as the time from completion of diagnostic workup and definitive surgery and divided into 2-week intervals from 2 to 6 weeks. The outcome variables were 2- and 5-year disease free survival. Screening for disease progression was with carcinoembryonic antigen levels and chest/abdominal computed tomography scan. Data was collected prospectively and subsequently analyzed.
Age
Any age
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stage I through III confirmed adenocarcinomas
With "colon" or "upper rectum" as their primary site of malignancy according to International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition topography code.
You may not be if
Emergency surgery,
More than one primary site,
Synchronous metastasis or peritoneal carcinomatosis at the time of surgery
If they received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy
If they had a local transanal excision.
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