Cohort Definition Name: Potential curative surgery for colorectal cancer
Contributor name: Andreas Weinberger Rosen
Contributor OrcId: 0000-0001-9990-8155
Logic Description: First event potential curative surgery for colorectal cancer
Recommended study application: exposure, outcome, indication. The cohort that might be curative for colorectal cancer includes segmental resection of the large intestine and local resections, as well as abdominoperineal resections. The phenorype is intended to investigate how many patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer go to curative surgery.
Assertion statement: This cohort definition was executed on at least one real person-level observational health data source and resulted in a cohort with at least 1 person.
Submitted cohort definition:
Potential curative surgery for colorectal cancer.txt (13.3 KB)
Target clinical description
Colorectal cancer is potentially curable through surgery, including resections of the segemtn of the large intestine where the tumor is located, or in smaller cancer even local resections.
Presentation
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Assessement
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Differential diagnosis
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Prognosis following curative surgery
If the curative intended surgery is successfull, the prognosis is generally favorable, however it worsens with later stages. More extensive surgery is associated with postoperative complications which affects mortality and health related quality of life.
Assignment for Peer Review:
Peer review of the phenotype would be more than welcome