Mortality After Postcolonoscopy Colorectal Cancer in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Postcolonoscopy colorectal cancer (PCCRC) refers to colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosed after a colonoscopy in which no cancer was found and is reflective of colonoscopy quality at the individual and system levels. Colonoscopy is widely performed in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system, but the prevalence of PCCRC and its associated mortality are unknown.

Objective

To examine PCCRC prevalence and its all-cause mortality (ACM) and CRC-specific mortality (CSM) within the VA health care system.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used VA-Medicare administrative data to identify 29 877 veterans aged 50 to 85 years with newly diagnosed CRC between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2013. Patients whose colonoscopy occurred less

SUBMITTER: Kahi CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10080371 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature