Core Outcomes for Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Consensus Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major cause of worldwide morbidity and mortality. Surgical treatment is common, and there is a great need to improve the delivery of such care. The gold standard for evaluating surgery is within well-designed randomized controlled trials (RCTs); however, the impact of RCTs is diminished by a lack of coordinated outcome measurement and reporting. A solution to these issues is to develop an agreed standard "core" set of outcomes to be measured in all trials to facilitate cross-study comparisons, meta-analysis, and minimize outcome reporting bias. This study defines a core outcome set for CRC surgery.

Methods and findings

The scope of this COS includes clinical effectiveness trials of surgical interventions for colorectal cancer. Excluded

SUBMITTER: McNair AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4978448 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature