Accuracy of Clinical Staging of Localized Colon Cancer: A National Cancer Database Cohort Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to assess concordance between clinical and pathologic assessment of colon cancer.

Patients and methods

A retrospective cohort analysis of patients with stage I-III colon cancer in the National Cancer Database (2010-2019) was conducted. Concordance between clinical and pathologic assessment of colon cancer was calculated using Kappa coefficients and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

Results

A total of 125,473 patients (51.2% female; mean age 68.2 years) were included. There was moderate concordance between clinical and pathologic T stage (Kappa = 0.606, 95%CI: 0.602-0.609) and between clinical and pathologic N stage (Kappa = 0.506, 95%CI: 0.501-0.511). For right-sided colon cancer, there was moderate agreement between clinical and pathologic T

SUBMITTER: Emile SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11413029 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature