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Table 5 Action plan results: outcomes in treatment phase II (restaging and surgical treatment)

From: Improving quality of care and clinical outcomes for rectal cancer through clinical audits in a multicentre cancer care organisation

 

Total patients

Centre A

Centre B

Centre C

ACOR-1

(N = 120)

ACOR-2

(N = 120)

p-value

ACOR-1

(N = 40)

ACOR-2

(N = 40)

p-value

ACOR-1

(N = 120)

ACOR-2

(N = 120)

p-value

ACOR-1

(N = 40)

ACOR-2

(N = 40)

p-value

Was the restaging report available?

 Yes

39 (32.5%)

73 (61.3%)

<  0.001‡

0 (0%)

16 (40%)

<  0.001‡

31 (77.5%)

37 (94.9%)

0.057

8 (20%)

20 (50%)

0.01†

 No

81 (67.5%)

46 (38.7%)

40 (100%)

24 (60%)

9 (22.5%)

2 (5.1%)

32 (80%)

20 (50%)

Did the patient undergo surgery?

 Yes

116 (96.7%)

108 (90%)

0.035*

40 (100%)

33 (82.5%)

0.018*

37 (92.5%)

37 (92.5%)

>  0.99

39 (97.5%)

38 (95%)

0.22

 No

3 (2.5%)

12 (10%)

0 (0%)

7 (17.5%)

3 (7.5%)

3 (7.5%)

0 (0%)

2 (5%)

 NR

1 (0.8%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (2.5%)

0 (0%)

Staging (in patients undergoing surgical treatment)

 0

19 (16.4%)

20 (18.5%)

0.54

7 (17.5%)

5 (15.2%)

0.52

7 (18.9%)

9 (24.3%)

0.93

5 (12.8%)

6 (15.8%)

0.53

 I

4 (3.4%)

3 (2.8%)

2 (5%)

1 (3%)

1 (2.7%)

1 (2.7%)

1 (2.6%)

1 (2.6%)

 II

62 (53.4%)

47 (43.5%)

20 (50%)

12 (36.4%)

18 (48.6%)

19 (51.4%)

24 (61.5%)

16 (42.1%)

 III

25 (21.6%)

28 (25.9%)

10 (25%)

12 (36.4%)

9 (24.3%)

6 (16.2%)

6 (15.4%)

10 (26.3%)

 IV

6 (5.2%)

10 (9.3%)

1 (2.5%)

3 (9.1%)

2 (5.4%)

2 (5.4%)

3 (7.7%)

5 (13.2%)

ypCRM (in patients undergoing surgical treatment)

 Positive

5 (4.3%)

16 (14.8%)

<  0.001‡

1 (2.5%)

4 (12.1%)

<  0.001‡

3 (8.1%)

3 (8.1%)

0.037*

1 (2.6%)

9 (23.7%)

0.006†

 Negative

71 (61.2%)

86 (79.6%)

15 (37.5%)

26 (78.8%)

28 (75.7%)

34 (91.9%)

28 (71.8%)

26 (68.4%)

 NR

40 (34.5%)

6 (5.6%)

24 (60%)

3 (9.1%)

6 (16.2%)

0 (0%)

10 (25.6%)

3 (7.9%)

  1. ACOR clinical audit for radiation oncology, NR not reported
  2. *p-value 0.05 to 0.01; †p-value ≤0.01; ‡p-value ≤0.001