ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2021
Impact of a colorectal cancer screening program implantation on delays and prognosis of non-screening detected colorectal cancer.
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- The effect of time before diagnosis and treatment on colorectal cancer outcomes: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.British journal of cancer · 2023Pooled it
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- Comorbidities, Socioeconomic Status, and Colorectal Cancer Diagnostic Route.JAMA network open · 2025Article
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- Faecal Immunochemical Test Impact on Prognosis of Colorectal Cancer Detected in Symptomatic Patients.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Influence of Diagnostic Delay on Survival Rates for Patients with Colorectal Cancer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Observational
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Abstract
backgroundThe implementation of a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programme may increase the awareness of Primary Care Physicians, reduce the diagnostic delay in CRC detected outside the scope of the screening programme and thus improve prognosis.
aimTo determine the effect of implementation of a CRC screening programme on diagnostic delays and prognosis of CRC detected outside the scope of a screening programme.
methodsWe performed a retrospective intervention study with a pre-post design. We identified 322 patients with incident and confirmed CRC in the pre-implantation cohort (June 2014 - May 2015) and 285 in the post-implantation cohort (June 2017 - May 2018) in the Cancer Registry detected outside the scope of a CRC screening programme. In each patient we calculated the different healthcare diagnostics delays: global, primary and secondary healthcare, referral and colonoscopy-related delays. In addition, we collected the initial healthcare that evaluated the patient, the home location (urban/rural), and the CRC stage at diagnosis. We determined the two-year survival and we performed a multivariate proportional hazard regression analysis to determine the variables associated with survival.
resultsWe did not detect any differences in the patient or CRC baseline-related variables. A total of 20.1% of patients was detected with metastatic disease. There was a significant increase in direct referral to colonoscopy from primary healthcare (25.5%, 35.8%;
conclusionAlthough implementation of a CRC screening programme can reduce diagnostic delays for CRC detected in symptomatic patients, this has no effect on CRC stage or survival.
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