Reporting of Circumferential Resection Margin in Rectal Cancer Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Circumferential resection margin (CRM) in rectal cancer surgery is a major prognostic indicator associated with local recurrence and overall survival. Facility rates of CRM positivity have recently been established as a new quality measure by the Commission on Cancer (CoC); however, the completeness of CRM status reporting is not well characterized.

Objective

To describe the changes in CRM reporting and factors associated with low rates of reporting.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective cohort study was conducted using data from the National Cancer Database between January 2010 and December 2019. Data were analyzed between October 1, 2021, and February 1, 2022. Data from the National Cancer Database included patients diagnosed with nonmetastati

SUBMITTER: Manisundaram N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10512166 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature