A multicentre, benchmarking study of rectal cancer management in provincial New Zealand hospitals.

CONCLUSION: Management of rectal cancer in provincial hospitals is comparable to specialist centres, however lymph node harvest, reporting of mesorectal grade and complete colonoscopy were factors identified which were lower in the provincial group. Provincial rectal cancer management remains an important resource for patients living outside major centres. PMID: 30116062 [PubMed - in process]
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: N Z Med J Source Type: research