None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges in the diagnosis and management of colorectal cancer (CRC). It was proposed in regional North Queensland the distance to services could further impact cancer outcomes, leading to delayed diagnosis. We compared the outcomes of patients prior and during the pandemic; with a focus on whether patients were presenting in the emergency setting with more advanced disease (i.e.T4 tumours, locally advanced cancers or stage III/IV CRC). The distance to treatment was also analysed to see if any impact occurred to the management of patients with colorectal cancer.
Interventions
Patients being treated with colorectal cancer will be assessed during the COVID 19 pandemic to assess if there has been increased emergency presentations and other changes to their treatment profile
There will be no direct patient contact, a retrospective review of patient charts will be undertaken
Observation would be for that current time perioud between March 2019 - July 2022
Sponsors
Richard Maguire
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: all patients that were diagnosed or treated for colorectal cancer during the time periods being analysed and definitively managed at the Townsville University Hospital
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: patients treated for benign pathology and for non colonic/rectal adenocarcinoma i.e. anal scc
Outcome results
None listed