Can we really conclude that treatment delays are associated with poorer outcome in patients with colorectal cancer awaiting elective surgery?

Colorectal Dis. 2021 Aug;23(8):2197-2198. doi: 10.1111/codi.15731. Epub 2021 May 27.

Authors

Ruud F W Franssen^{1

2}, Maud T A Strous^{2

3}, F Jeroen Vogelaar³, Maryska L G Janssen-Heijnen^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Physical Therapy, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, The Netherlands.
² Department of Epidemiology, GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Surgery, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, The Netherlands.

PMID: 33988920
DOI: 10.1111/codi.15731

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Colorectal Neoplasms* / surgery
Elective Surgical Procedures
Humans
Time-to-Treatment*