Trends in surveillance for resected colorectal cancer, 2001-2009.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about recent trends in surveillance among the more than 1 million US colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors. Moreover, for stage I disease, which accounts for more than 30% of survivors, the guidelines are limited, and the use of surveillance has not been well studied. Guidelines were changed in 2005 to include recommendations for computed tomography (CT) surveillance in select patients, but the impact of these changes has not been explored.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of patients who were identified in the Survival, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare database and underwent resection of stage I to III CRC between 2001 and 2009 was performed. The receipt of guideline-determined sufficient surveillance, including office visits, colonoscopy, carci

SUBMITTER: Paulson EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5512692 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature