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Determinants of emergency presentation in patients with colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Emergency Surgery Independently Predicts Postoperative Recurrence in Patients with Pathologic T3N0M0 Colon Cancer: A Retrospective Single-Center Cohort Study.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026Article
- Understanding drivers of emergency department visits among patients from populations disproportionately affected by acute care use during cancer treatment: insights from qualitative interviews.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Emergency Diagnostic Phenotypes and Differential Survival in Colorectal Cancer: A Real-World Cohort Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Age-stratified risk profiles for emergency colorectal cancer resection: A machine-learning analysis.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2026Article
- The effects of socioeconomic deprivation on colorectal cancer outcomes; a retrospective regional cohort study.International journal of colorectal disease · 2026Article
- Decision-making in emergency colorectal surgery for cancer.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Lower Preoperative Skeletal Muscle Index in Patients with Pathological T4 Colorectal Cancer: An Exploratory Retrospective Cohort Study.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Observational
- Colonic Stenting as a Bridge to Surgery Versus Emergency Resection in Obstructive Colon Cancer: A Systematic Review of Surgical Outcomes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Clinical profile, treatment patterns, and early outcomes of colorectal cancer at Kassala Police Hospital, Eastern Sudan: a 10-year retrospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Predictive Value of Clinical and Systemic Inflammatory Biomarkers in Emergency Colic Cancer Surgery: A Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
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- Development and validation of a risk prediction model for major postoperative adverse events in elderly colon cancer using firth regression: a large-scale retrospective study.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Emergency rectal cancer: clinical presentation and therapeutic options.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Socioeconomic disparities in colorectal cancer oncologic emergencies: a nationwide multilevel analysis in Japan.International journal of clinical oncology · 2025Article
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- Impact of emergency presentation on early surgical and oncological outcomes in rectosigmoid cancer: a single-center retrospective analysis.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2025Article
- A comparative analysis of preoperative, intraoperative, and tumor characteristics in emergency and elective right-sided colonic surgery.Turkish journal of surgery · 2025Article
- Geographic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Emergency Presentations Among Colorectal Cancer Patients in Victoria, Australia.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- The Old: Is There Any Role for Screening Colonoscopy after the Age of 75? The Surgeon's Perspective.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2025Review
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Abstract
Colorectal cancer remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, even despite curative treatment. A significant proportion of patients present emergently and have poorer outcomes compared to elective presentations, independent of TNM stage. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, differences between elective/emergency presentations of colorectal cancer were examined to determine which factors were associated with emergency presentation. A literature search was carried out from 1990 to 2018 comparing elective and emergency presentations of colon and/or rectal cancer. All reported clinicopathological variables were extracted from identified studies. Variables were analysed through either systematic review or, if appropriate, meta-analysis. This study identified multiple differences between elective and emergency presentations of colorectal cancer. On meta-analysis, emergency presentations were associated with more advanced tumour stage, both overall (OR 2.05) and T/N/M/ subclassification (OR 2.56/1.59/1.75), more: lymphovascular invasion (OR 1.76), vascular invasion (OR 1.92), perineural invasion (OR 1.89), and ASA (OR 1.83). Emergencies were more likely to be of ethnic minority (OR 1.58). There are multiple tumour/host factors that differ between elective and emergency presentations of colorectal cancer. Further work is required to determine which of these factors are independently associated with emergency presentation and subsequently which factors have the most significant effect on outcomes.
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