Time from diagnosis to treatment of colorectal cancer in a South Australian clinical registry cohort: How it varies and relates to survival

BMJ Open

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2019, Pages

  Roder, David ^a   Karapetis, Christos Stelios ^b   Olver, Ian ^a   Keefe, Dorothy ^c,d   Padbury, Robert ^b,e   Moore, James ^d,f   Joshi, Rohit ^d,g   Wattchow, David ^b,e   Worthley, Dan L ^h   Miller, Caroline Louise ^h,i   Holden, Carol ^h   Buckley, Elizabeth ^a   Powell, Kate ^h   Buranyi Trevarton, Dianne ^c   Fusco, Kellie ^a   Price, Timothy ^d,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c South Australian Cancer Registry   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e Sleep Health Service   (Australia)

^f ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g Adelaide Oncology and Haematology   (Australia)

^h SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^j QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

colorectal surgery; Oncology epidemiology; protocols guidelines; public health; quality in healthcare

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; FLUOROURACIL; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN; RALTITREXED;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM CANCER; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; THERAPY DELAY; TIME TO TREATMENT; AGE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 85072847231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031421     Document Type: Article

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