A novel risk-adjusted nomogram for rectal cancer surgery outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The circumferential resection margin is the primary determinant of local recurrence and a major factor in survival in rectal cancer. Neither chemotherapy nor chemoradiation compensates for a margin positive for cancer.

Objective

To identify treatment-related factors associated with hospital margin-positive resection and to develop a tool that could be used by individual hospitals to assess their outcomes based on their unique mix of patient and tumor characteristics.

Design

Retrospective review of the National Cancer Data Base, 1998-2007.

Settings

Community and academic/research hospitals.

Participants

Individuals with histologically confirmed localized rectal/rectosigmoid adenocarcinoma.

Exposure

All individuals underwent radical resec

SUBMITTER: Russell MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3947615 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature