Conference
Influence of delays to nonemergent colon cancer surgery on operative mortality, disease-specific survival and overall survival.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There has been minimal research on the influence of delays for cancer treatments on patient outcomes. We measured the influence of delays to nonemergent colon cancer surgery on operative mortality, disease-specific survival and overall survival. METHODS: We used the linked Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)-Medicare databases (1993-1996) to identify patients who underwent nonemergent colon cancer surgery. We assessed …
Authors
Simunovic M; Rempel E; Thériault M-E; Baxter NN; Virnig BA; Meropol NJ; Levine MN
Volume
52
Pagination
pp. e79-e86
Publication Date
August 2009
Conference proceedings
Canadian Journal of Surgery
Issue
4
ISSN
0008-428X