Survivorship in Colorectal Cancer: A Cohort Study of the Patterns and Documented Content of Follow-Up Visits
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Period of Follow-Up
2.3. Data Collection and Handling
2.4. Statistical Considerations
3. Results
3.1. Participants
3.2. Survivor Characteristics
3.3. Patterns of Follow-Up Visits
3.3.1. Patterns of Follow-Up Visits in the First Year
3.3.2. Patterns of Follow-Up Visits in the Second Year
3.3.3. Patterns of Follow-Up Visits in the Third Year
3.4. Documented Content of Follow-Up Visits in the First Year
4. Discussion
Strengths and Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sociodemographic | ||
Age at curative resection (yrs) | ||
Mean [SD] | 58.9 [14.8] | |
Median [IQR] | 59 [50, 69] | |
Min, Max | 28, 88 | |
Remoteness a | n (%) | |
RA1 (Major Cities of Australia) | 29 (60.4%) | |
RA2 (Inner Regional Australia) | 14 (29.2%) | |
RA3 (Outer Regional Australia) | 5 (10.4%) | |
Sex | n (%) | |
Female | 27 (56.3%) | |
Male | 21 (43.8%) | |
Smoking status | n (%) | |
Non-smoker | 29 (60.4%) | |
Ex-smoker | 11 (22.9%) | |
Current smoker | 8 (16.7%) | |
Disease | ||
Cancer site and treatment | n (%) | |
Colon | 23 (47.9%) | |
Surgery only | 13 (56.5%) | |
Surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy | 9 (39.1%) | |
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy, surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy | 1 (4.3%) | |
Rectal | 15 (31.3%) | |
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy | 7 (46.7%) | |
Surgery only | 3 (20%) | |
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and surgery | 2 (13.3%) | |
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, surgery and adjuvant chemoradiotherapy | 1 (6.7%) | |
Neoadjuvant radiotherapy and surgery | 1 (6.7%) | |
Surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy | 1 (6.7%) | |
Rectosigmoid | 10 (20.8%) | |
Surgery only | 5 (50%) | |
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy | 2 (20%) | |
Surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy | 2 (20%) | |
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and surgery | 1 (10%) | |
Year of curative resection | n (%) | |
2015 | 7 (14.6%) | |
2016 | 13 (27.1%) | |
2017 | 20 (41.7%) | |
2018 | 8 (16.7%) | |
Cancer grade | n (%) | |
Low | 41 (85.4%) | |
High | 7 (14.6%) | |
Cancer stage b | n (%) | |
I | 11 (22.9%) | |
IIA | 12 (25%) | |
IIB | 1 (2.1%) | |
IIC | 5 (10.4%) | |
IIIA | 1 (2.1%) | |
IIIB | 12 (25%) | |
IIIC | 6 (12.5%) | |
Cancer type | n (%) | |
Adenocarcinoma (NOS) | 36 (75%) | |
Adenocarcinoma (Usual Type) | 6 (12.5%) | |
Adenocarcinoma (Mucinous) | 5 (10.4%) | |
Adenocarcinoma (Colloid) | 1 (2.1%) |
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Garwood, V.; Lisy, K.; Jefford, M. Survivorship in Colorectal Cancer: A Cohort Study of the Patterns and Documented Content of Follow-Up Visits. J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9, 2725. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9092725
Garwood V, Lisy K, Jefford M. Survivorship in Colorectal Cancer: A Cohort Study of the Patterns and Documented Content of Follow-Up Visits. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2020; 9(9):2725. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9092725
Chicago/Turabian StyleGarwood, Victoria, Karolina Lisy, and Michael Jefford. 2020. "Survivorship in Colorectal Cancer: A Cohort Study of the Patterns and Documented Content of Follow-Up Visits" Journal of Clinical Medicine 9, no. 9: 2725. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9092725