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- Title
Reducing time from colon cancer surgery to initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy: pilot project.
- Authors
Melosky, Barbara; Peixoto, Renata D’Alpino; Karimuddin, Ahmer A.; Raval, Manoj J.; Brown, Carl J.; Meneghetti, Adam; Phang, P. Terry; Peixoto, Renata D'Alpino; Phang, Terry
- Abstract
<bold>Summary: </bold>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.
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Surgery, 2020, Vol 63, Issue 3, pE223
- ISSN
0008-428X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1503/cjs.000219