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Opportunities to Work with the WMCIU on Colorectal Cancer Projects. 29 March 2010. Dr Gill Lawrence Director, West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit. Tel: 0121 415 8129 Fax: 0121 414 7714 e-mail: gill.lawrence@wmciu.nhs.uk. Ideas for collaborative studies I.
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Opportunities to Work with the WMCIU on Colorectal Cancer Projects 29March 2010 Dr Gill Lawrence Director, West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit Tel: 0121 415 8129 Fax: 0121 414 7714 e-mail: gill.lawrence@wmciu.nhs.uk
Ideas for collaborative studies I • Comparison of data for cases submitted to the National Bowel Cancer Audit Programme with the data recorded at the WMCIU • Data completeness 2007/08 • 1 WM Trust has not submitted any data • 1 WM Trust has 7% case ascertainment • 5 WM Trusts have 50-79% case ascertainment • Outcome measures • Permanent stoma rate • Post-operative mortality (30 day) • Post-operative length of stay • 1-year survival • 5-year survival
Ideas for collaborative studies II • Predictors of outcome and changes over time • Dukes’ stage • Pre-operative radiotherapy • Circumferential margin • Vascular invasion • Median number of nodes examined • Types of operations carried out and changes over time • Laparoscopic procedures • APER rates • Accuracy of coding • Look at APER/AR ratios?
Ideas for collaborative studies III • Colorectal cancer liver metastases • Surgical resection rates and survival • Bowel cancer screening histories • Download of screen-detected cancers from Bowel Cancer Screening Computer System (BCSS) • Comparison of screen-detected and symptomatic cancers • Tumour characteristics • Survival rates • Operation type • Caseload • Allocate full screening history to all cases • Non attenders • Interval cancers