Treatment interval in curative treatment of colon cancer, does it impact (cancer free) survival? A non-inferiority analysis.
Maud T A StrousCharlotte J L MolenaarRuud F W FranssenFrits van OschEric BelgersJohanne G BloemenGerrit D SlooterJarno MelenhorstJeroen HeemskerkAdriaan P de BruïneMaryska L G Janssen-HeijnenF Jeroen VogelaarPublished in: British journal of cancer (2023)
For cancer free survival, a prolonged treatment interval, even over 49 days, is non-inferior to the currently set waiting-time target of ≤35 days. Therefore, the waiting-time targets set as fundamental objective in current treatment guidelines should become directional instead of strict targets.