The impact of hospital volume on survival in patients with locally advanced colonic cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High hospital volume has been shown associated with improved survival in patients with several cancers. The aim of this nationwide cohort study was to investigate whether hospital volume affects survival in patients with locally advanced colonic cancer.

Methods

All patients with non-metastatic locally advanced colonic cancer diagnosed between 2007 and 2017 in Sweden were included. Tertiles of annual hospital volume of locally advanced colonic cancer were analysed and 5-year overall and colonic cancer-specific survival were calculated with the Kaplan-Meier method. HRs comparing all-cause and colonic cancer-specific mortality rates were estimated using Cox models adjusted for potential confounders (age, sex, year of diagnosis, co-morbidity, elective/emergency resect

SUBMITTER: Rosander E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9683387 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature