Hospital factors and metastatic surgery in colorectal cancer patients, a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Only a limited proportion of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) receives metastatic surgery (including local ablative therapy). The aim was to investigate whether hospital volume and hospital level were associated with the chance of metastatic surgery.

Methods

This national cohort retrieved from the CRCBaSe linkage included all Swedish adult patients diagnosed with synchronous mCRC in 2009-2016. The association between annual hospital volume of incident mCRC patients and the chance of metastatic surgery, and survival, were assessed using logistic regression and Cox regression models, respectively. Hospital level (university/non-university) was evaluated as a secondary exposure in a similar manner. Both uni- and multivariable (adjusted for sex, age,

SUBMITTER: Ljunggren M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9392345 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature