Reducing time from colon cancer surgery to initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy: pilot project.
Journal
Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie
ISSN: 1488-2310
Titre abrégé: Can J Surg
Pays: Canada
ID NLM: 0372715
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 05 2020
08 05 2020
Historique:
entrez:
11
5
2020
pubmed:
11
5
2020
medline:
19
8
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Surgical resection followed by adjuvant chemotherapy is the standard of care for patients with stage III colon cancer. To shorten the time interval between surgery and chemotherapy in patients with colon cancer, we instituted a standardized referral pathway. Evaluation of the intervention demonstrated that referring our patients with colon cancer to a medical oncologist earlier in the treatment process increased the number of patients in whom chemotherapy was initiated within 8 weeks compared with historical controls. These results support early medical oncology referral at institutions where delays in adjuvant chemotherapy initiation exist.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32386470
doi: 10.1503/cjs.000219
pmc: PMC7829010
doi:
Substances chimiques
Antineoplastic Agents
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
E223-E225Informations de copyright
© 2020 Joule Inc. or its licensors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
None declared.
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