Risk factors for excess mortality in the first year after curative surgery for colorectal cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Thirty-day mortality after surgery for colorectal cancer may vastly underestimate 1-year mortality. This study aimed to quantify the excess mortality in the first postoperative year of stage I-III colorectal cancer patients and to identify risk factors for excess mortality.

Methods

All 2,131 patients who were operated with curative intent for stage I-III colorectal cancer in the western region of the Netherlands between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2008, were analyzed. Thirty-day mortality and relative survival were calculated. In addition, relative excess risk (RER) of death was estimated by a multivariable model.

Results

Thirty-day mortality was 4.9%. One-year mortality was 12.4%. Risk factors for excess mortality in the first postoperative year for

SUBMITTER: Gooiker GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3404283 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature