Follow-Up Adherence After Treatment With Curative Intent for Stage II and III Colorectal Cancer Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

After colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment, patients undergo five-year follow-up involving carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) tests, imaging, and colonoscopies. This retrospective cohort study explores adherence to the CRC follow-up guideline in the Netherlands until 2021 and its association with treatment of recurrences with curative intent.

Methods

Stage II/III CRC patients with recurrent disease within 3 years after diagnosis were selected from the Netherlands Cancer Registry (n = 430). Adherence to CEA tests, imaging, and colonoscopy was classified as 'according to/more follow-up' or 'less follow-up' than recommended. Logistic regression analyses examined factors associated with receiving less follow-up and the relationship between 'follow-up adherence' and 'treatm

SUBMITTER: Boute TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11865713 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature