Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the number of colorectal cancer surgeries performed: analysis of a nationwide inpatient database in Japan.

Miyako Tazawa, Nobutoshi Nawa, Shinichi Yamauchi, Masanori Tokunaga, Kiyohide Fushimi, Yusuke Kinugasa, Takeo Fujiwara

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Miyako TazawaDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan.

Nobutoshi NawaDepartment of Public Health, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan.

Shinichi YamauchiDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan.

Masanori TokunagaDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan.

Kiyohide FushimiDepartment of Health Policy and Informatics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan.

Yusuke KinugasaDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan.

Takeo FujiwaraDepartment of Public Health, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan. fujiwara.hlth@tmd.ac.jp.

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Grant-in-Aid for Research on Policy Planning and Evaluation from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan 22AA2003

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purposeThis study examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of colorectal cancer surgeries performed in Japan.

methodsWe selected patients who underwent colorectal cancer surgeries between January, 2017 and December, 2020 from the Diagnosis Procedure Combination database. The COVID-19 pandemic was divided into three waves. We evaluated the changes in the number of surgeries performed for colorectal cancer during each wave, stratified by cancer stage using Poisson regression.

resultsDuring the first wave, the rate ratio (RR) for stage III colon cancer decreased significantly (RR, 0.94), whereas those for stages 0 to II (RR, 1.01) and stage IV (RR, 1.04) were not different. During the second and third waves, the RR for stage 0 to II colon cancer decreased significantly (RR, 0.96), that for stage IV increased (RR, 1.09), and that for stage III was not different (RR, 0.97). During the first wave, the RR for stage 0 to II rectal cancer increased significantly (RR, 1.09), that for stage IV decreased (RR, 0.84), and that for stage III was not different (RR, 0.97).

conclusionsThe number of colorectal cancer surgeries changed during the pandemic and varied according to the stage of disease.

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Colorectal NeoplasmsCOVID-19PandemicsAgedDatabases, FactualFemaleHumansInpatientsJapanMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingColorectal cancerColorectal surgeryCOVID-19Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC)

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PMID39164425

DOI10.1007/s00595-024-02913-y

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