Rectal cancer patients benefit from implementation of a dedicated colorectal cancer center in a Veterans affairs medical center

Jonathan A. Wilks; Catherine Liebig; Syed H. Tasleem; Kujtim Haderxhanaj; Liz Lee; Buckminster Farrow; Samir Awad; David Berger; Daniel Albo

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.09.020

Rectal cancer patients benefit from implementation of a dedicated colorectal cancer center in a Veterans affairs medical center

Jonathan A. Wilks, Catherine Liebig, Syed H. Tasleem, Kujtim Haderxhanaj, Liz Lee, Buckminster Farrow, Samir Awad, David Berger, Daniel Albo

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Background: A dedicated colorectal cancer (CRC) center was created in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center with the intent of improving quality of patient care and multidisciplinary cooperation. Methods: Retrospective and prospective databases before and after creation of the CRC center, respectively, were created. Patients entered in each database included those requiring surgical intervention for CRC treatment. Statistical analyses included Fisher's exact, chi-square, and unpaired Student t tests as well as analysis of variance. Results: The overall quality of care of CRC patients has improved as evidenced by a larger percentage of complete, margin-negative resections (P <.05) as well as an increase in the number of lymph nodes excised at surgery (P <.0001). Furthermore, a multidisciplinary approach is clearly beneficial as evidenced by the increased number of CRC patients receiving appropriate multidisciplinary therapy (P <.0001). Conclusions: A dedicated CRC center has significantly improved quality of care for CRC patients.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	100-104
Number of pages	5
Journal	American Journal of Surgery
Volume	198
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.09.020
State	Published - Jul 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cancer center
Clinical outcomes
Colorectal cancer
Rectal cancer
Veterans

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Surgery

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Rectal cancer patients benefit from implementation of a dedicated colorectal cancer center in a Veterans affairs medical center

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