The impact of audit and feedback on nodal harvest in colorectal cancer

BMC Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Porter, Geoffrey A ^a,b   Urquhart, Robin ^b   Bu, Jingyu ^b,c   Johnson, Paul ^a   Grunfeld, Eva ^d,e  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Cancer Outcomes Research Program   (Canada)

^c Surveillance and Epidemiology Unit   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FACTUAL DATABASE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOVA SCOTIA; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650721214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-2     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Canadian Cancer Society Canadian Cancer Statistics 2010 2010, Canadian Cancer Society/National Cancer Institute of Canada. Toronto, Ontario, Canadian Cancer Society.
2. American Joint Committee on Cancer Cancer Staging Handbook 2010, New York, Springer, 7, American Joint Committee on Cancer.
3. Chau I, Cunningham D. Adjuvant therapy in colon cancer--what, when and how?. Ann Oncol 2006, 17:1347-1359. 10.1093/annonc/mdl029, 16524974.
4. Benson AB, Schrag D, Somerfield MR, Cohen AM, Figueredo AT, Flynn PJ, Krzyzanowska MK, Maroun J, McAllister P, Van Cutsem E, Brouwers M, Charette M, Haller DG. American Society of Clinical Oncology recommendations on adjuvant chemotherapy for stage II colon cancer. J Clin Oncol 2004, 22:3408-3419. 10.1200/JCO.2004.05.063, 15199089.
5. Compton CC, Fielding LP, Burgart LJ, Conley B, Cooper HS, Hamilton SR, Hammond ME, Henson DE, Hutter RV, Nagle RB, Nielsen ML, Sargent DJ, Taylor CR, Welton M, Willett C. Prognostic factors in colorectal cancer College of American Pathologists Consensus Statement 1999. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2000, 124:979-994.
6. Engstrom PF, Benson AB, Saltz L, . National Comprehensive Cancer Network Colon cancer. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2003, 1:40-53. National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
7. Goldstein NS. Lymph node recoveries from 2427 pT3 colorectal resection specimens spanning 45 years: recommendations for a minimum number of recovered lymph nodes based on predictive probabilities. Am J Surg Pathol 2002, 26:179-189. 10.1097/00000478-200202000-00004, 11812939.
8. Pheby DF, Levine DF, Pitcher RW, Shepherd NA. Lymph node harvests directly influence the staging of colorectal cancer: evidence from a regional audit. J Clin Pathol 2004, 57:43-47. 10.1136/jcp.57.1.43, 1770175, 14693834.
9. Maurel J, Launoy G, Grosclaude P, Gignoux M, Arveux P, Mathieu-Daudé H, Raverdy N, Faivre J. Lymph node harvest reporting in patients with carcinoma of the large bowel: a French population-based study. Cancer 1998, 82:1482-1486. 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19980415)82:8<1482::AID-CNCR8>3.0.CO;2-B, 9554524.
10. Wong JH, Severino R, Honnebier MB, Tom P, Namiki TS. Number of nodes examined and staging accuracy in colorectal carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 1999, 17:2896-2900.
11. Ratto C, Sofo L, Ippoliti M, Merico M, Bossola M, Vecchio FM, Doglietto GB, Crucitti F. Accurate lymph-node detection in colorectal specimens resected for cancer is of prognostic significance. Dis Colon Rectum 1999, 42:143-154. 10.1007/BF02237119, 10211489.
12. Johnson PM, Malatjalian D, Porter GA. Adequacy of nodal harvest in colorectal cancer: a consecutive cohort study. J Gastrointest Surg 2002, 6:883-888. 10.1016/S1091-255X(02)00131-2, 12504228.
13. Chang GJ, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Skibber JM, Moyer VA. Lymph node evaluation and survival after curative resection of colon cancer: systematic review. J Natl Cancer Inst 2007, 99:433-441. 10.1093/jnci/djk092, 17374833.
14. Le Voyer TE, Sigurdson ER, Hanlon AL, Mayer RJ, Macdonald JS, Catalano PJ, Haller DG. Colon cancer survival is associated with increasing number of lymph nodes analyzed: a secondary survey of Intergroup trial INT-0089. J Clin Oncol 2003, 21:2912-2919. 10.1200/JCO.2003.05.062, 12885809.
15. Johnson PM, Porter GA, Ricciardi R, Baxter NN. Increasing negative lymph node count is independently associated with improved long-term survival in stage IIIB and IIIC colon cancer. J Clin Oncol 1996, 24:3570-3575.
16. Swanson RS, Compton CC, Stewart AK, Bland KI. The prognosis of T3N0 colon cancer is dependent on the number of lymph nodes examined. Ann Surg Oncol 2003, 10:65-71. 10.1245/ASO.2003.03.058, 12513963.
17. Chen SL, Bilchik AJ. More extensive nodal dissection improves survival for stages I to III of colon cancer: a population-based study. Ann Surg 2006, 244:602-610. 1856560, 16998369.
18. Jestin P, Pahlman L, Glimelius B, Gunnarsson U. Cancer staging and survival in colon cancer is dependent on the quality of the pathologists' specimen examination. Eur J Cancer 2005, 41:2071-2078. 10.1016/j.ejca.2005.06.012, 16125926.
19. Baxter NN, Ricciardi R, Simunovic M, Urbach DR, Virnig BA. An evaluation of the relationship between lymph node number and staging in pT3 colon cancer using population-based data. Dis Colon Rectum 2010, 53:65-70.
20. National Quality Forum Endorsed Standards. [accessed May 20, 2010]., http://www.qualityforum.org/Measures_List.aspx?keyword=colon&from=header#k=colon
21. Urquhart R, Bu J, Maddison A, Asada Y, Grunfeld E, . for the CIHR/CCNS Team in Access to Colorectal Cancer Services in Nova Scotia Building tools to measure and improve access to and quality of colorectal cancer care in Nova Scotia. Canadian Digestive Disease Week 2010, for the CIHR/CCNS Team in Access to Colorectal Cancer Services in Nova Scotia.
22. Morcos B, Baker B, Al Masri M, Haddad H, Hashem S. Lymph node yield in rectal cancer surgery: effect of preoperative chemoradiotherapy. Eur J Surg Oncol 2010, (36):345-349.
23. Collaborative Stage Data Collection System. [accessed August 30, 2009]., http://www.cancerstaging.org/cstage/schema/groups.html
24. Allison Paul D. Logistic Regression Using SAS®: Theory and Application. 1999, Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc.
25. Smith AJ, Law CH, Khalifa MA, Hsieh ET, Hanna SS, Wright FC, Poldre PA. Multimodal CME for surgeons and pathologists improves colon cancer staging. J Cancer Educ 2003, 18:81-86. 10.1207/S15430154JCE1802_09, 12888381.
26. Wright FC, Gagliardi AR, Law CH, Last LD, Klevan AE, Hongjinda S, Stitt LW, Klar N, Ryan DP, Smith AJ. A randomized controlled trial to improve lymph node assessment in stage II colon cancer. Arch Surg 2008, 143:1050-1055. 10.1001/archsurg.143.11.1050, 19015462.
27. Grimshaw J, Eccles M, Thomas R, MacLennan G, Ramsay C, Fraser C, Vale L. Toward evidence-based quality improvement. Evidence of the effectiveness of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies 1966-1998. J Gen Intern Med 2006, 21:S14-S20. 2557130, 16637955.
28. Jamtvedt G, Young JM, Kristoffersen DT, O'Brien MA, Oxman AD. Audit and feedback: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006, 2:CD000259.
29. Wright FC, Law CH, Last L, Khalifa M, Arnaout A, Naseer Z, Klar N, Gallinger S, Smith AJ. Lymph node retrieval and assessment in stage II colorectal cancer: a population-based study. Ann Surg Oncol 2003, 10:903-909. 10.1245/ASO.2003.01.012, 14527909.
30. Prandi M, Lionetto R, Bini A, Francioni G, Accarpio G, Anfossi A, Ballario E, Becchi G, Bonilauri S, Carobbi A, Cavaliere P, Garcea D, Giuliani L, Morziani E, Mosca F, Mussa A, Pasqualini M, Poddie D, Tonetti F, Zardo L, Rosso R. Prognostic evaluation of stage B colon cancer patients is improved by an adequate lymphadenectomy. Ann Surg 2002, 235:458-463. 10.1097/00000658-200204000-00002, 1422459, 11923600.
31. Pocard M, Panis Y, Malassagne B, Nemeth J, Hautefeuille P, Valleur P. Assessing the effectiveness of mesorectal excision in rectal cancer. Dis Colon Rectum 1998, 41:839-845. 10.1007/BF02235362, 9678368.
32. Wright FC, Law CH, Last LD, Ritacco R, Kumar D, Hsieh E, Khalifa M, Smith AJ. Barriers to optimal assessment of lymph nodes in colorectal cancer specimens. Am J Clin Pathol 2004, 121:663-670. 10.1309/17VKM33BFXF9T8WD, 15151206.
33. Davis D, O'Brien MA, Freemantle N, Wolf FM, Mazmanian P, Taylor-Vaisey A. Impact of formal continuing medical education: do conferences, workshops, rounds, and other traditional continuing education activities change physician behavior or health care outcomes?. JAMA 1999, 282:867-874. 10.1001/jama.282.9.867, 10478694.
34. Smith AJ, Law CH, Khalifa MA, Hsieh ET, Hanna SS, Wright FC, Poldre PA. Multimodal CME for surgeons and pathologists improves colon cancer staging. J Cancer Educ 2003, 18:81-86. 10.1207/S15430154JCE1802_09, 12888381.
35. Hernanz F, Revuelta S, Redondo C, Madrazo C, Castillo J, Gomez-Fleitas M. Colorectal adenocarcinoma: quality of the assessment of lymph node metastases. Dis Colon Rectum 1994, 37:373-377. 10.1007/BF02053600, 8168417.
36. Canessa CE, Badia F, Socorro F, Fiol V, Hayek. Anatomic study of the lymph nodes of the mesorectum. Dis Colon Rectum 2001, 44:1333-1336. 10.1007/BF02234794, 11584211.
37. Scott KW, Grace RH. Detection of lymph node metastases in colorectal carcinoma before and after fat clearance. Br J Surg 1989, 76:1165-1167. 10.1002/bjs.1800761118, 2688803.
38. Cohen SM, Wexner SD, Schmitt SL, Nogueras JJ, Lucas FV. Effect of xylene clearance of mesenteric fat on harvest of lymph nodes after colonic resection. Eur J Surg 1994, 160:693-697.
39. Iversen LH, Laurberg S, Hagemann-Madsen R, Dybdahl H. Increased lymph node harvest from colorectal cancer resections using GEWF solution: a randomised study. J Clin Pathol 2008, 61:1203-1208. 10.1136/jcp.2008.060210, 18755719.