Could meeting the standards of the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer in the National Cancer Database improve patient outcomes?
Justin T BradyKatherine BingmerJonathan BliggenstorferZhaomin XuFergal J FlemingFeza H RemziJohn R T MonsonSteven D WexnerDavid W Dietznull nullPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2023)
Participating institutions provided complete datasets for all six process measures in less than a quarter of patients. Compliance with all process measures was associated with a significant mortality reduction. Improved adoption of NAPRC process measures could therefore result in improved survival rates for rectal cancer in the United States.