Return to work following laparoscopic-assisted resection or open resection for rectal cancer: Findings from AlaCaRT-Australasian Laparoscopic Cancer of the Rectum Trial.
Chi Kin LawKate BrewerChris BrownKate WilsonLisa BaileyWendy HagueJohn R SimesAndrew StevensonMichael SolomonRachael Lisa Mortonnull nullPublished in: Cancer medicine (2020)
Full-time work presurgery and the presence of metastatic disease predicts RTW status at 12 months. A laparoscopic-assisted surgical approach to rectal cancer may facilitate more patients to RTW, however, larger sample sizes are likely needed to confirm this result.
Keyphrases
- rectal cancer
- robot assisted
- locally advanced
- end stage renal disease
- minimally invasive
- newly diagnosed
- squamous cell carcinoma
- small cell lung cancer
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- clinical trial
- study protocol
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- randomized controlled trial
- radiation therapy
- phase iii
- patient reported outcomes
- squamous cell
- young adults
- childhood cancer