Background In Canada, provincial cancer registries have been established to provide
rigorous population-based data for patients with colorectal cancer. Databases maintained by …

Importance Clinical colorectal cancer registries (CCCRs) are potentially powerful tools in
colorectal cancer research. They are resource intensive, but to our knowledge, no formal …

Background Recent population-based studies in Alberta, Canada, found that approximately
50% of patients with stage III colon or stages II/III rectal adenocarcinoma did not receive …

Background Surgery is the primary treatment for colorectal cancer for both curative and
palliative intent. Availability of high quality surgery data is essential for assessing many …

Background There are multiple data sources relating to colorectal cancer (CRC) nationwide.
Prospective clinical cancer databases, population‐based registries and linked …

Purpose To understand referral practices for rectal cancer surgical care and to secondarily
determine differences in referral practices by two main hypothesized drivers of referral: the …

Variation in data provides an opportunity for health care providers to assess how patient
care can be improved. Pan-Canadian colorectal cancer data show that, although long-term …

Background: Varying amounts of data related to cancer diagnosis, treatment and/or outcome
are routinely collected by many disparate groups. Routinely combining data from these …

Objectives To facilitate high-quality register-based research on colorectal cancer (CRC) in
Sweden by constructing a database consisting of CRC patients, matched comparators, and …

Purpose. To explore the referral pathways of patients with newly diagnosed colorectal
cancer to surgeons. Method. Australian surgeons from three states completed a …