Assurance de qualité pour le cancer rectal – phase 2 ...
Assurance de qualité pour le cancer rectal – phase 2 ...
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KCE Reports 81 PROCARE <strong>–</strong> <strong>phase</strong> 2 59Tab<strong>le</strong> 52. Distal tumour-free margin mentioned in the pathology report,measured with prospective PROCARE data.NPatients with <strong>rectal</strong> <strong>cancer</strong> 1071Proportion treated with surgery 1058Proportion treated with sphincter saving surgery or Hartmann’s procedure 815Proportion with pathology data (<strong>de</strong>nominator) 777Proportion with distal tumour-free margin mentioned (numerator) 695 (89%)Number of lymph no<strong>de</strong>s examinedDEFINITIONNumerator: total number of lymph no<strong>de</strong>s examined in patients with <strong>rectal</strong> <strong>cancer</strong>un<strong>de</strong>rgoing radical resection.Denominator: all patients with RC that un<strong>de</strong>rwent radical resection.Exclusion:• patients not treated with radical resection• patients treated with local surgeryRESULTSIn the prospective cohort, 1018 patients un<strong>de</strong>rwent radical surgery. For 956 patients(94%) the number of lymph no<strong>de</strong>s examined was availab<strong>le</strong> in the database. The meannumber of lymph no<strong>de</strong>s examined for these patients was 12 (range 0 <strong>–</strong> 50). In 449patients (47%), the number of lymph no<strong>de</strong>s examined was 12 or higher. Tab<strong>le</strong> 53provi<strong>de</strong>s an overview of the number of lymph no<strong>de</strong>s examined according to theneoadjuvant treatment (n = 584).Figure 14 provi<strong>de</strong>s an overview of the per-centre-analysis using the prospectivedatabase (% of patients with at <strong>le</strong>ast 12 lymph no<strong>de</strong>s examined). In three centres allpatients have at <strong>le</strong>ast 12 lymph no<strong>de</strong>s examined, whi<strong>le</strong> in four centres the score is 0%.Twenty-seven centres have a score above the weighted (47%; 95%CI 44 <strong>–</strong> 50%) andunweighted mean (47%; 95%CI 40 <strong>–</strong> 53%). For the correct interpretation of theseresults, risk-adjustment (neoadjuvant treatment, (y)pN) is necessary.No administrative co<strong>de</strong> exists for the number of lymph no<strong>de</strong>s examined, which are alsodata that can only be retrieved from the medical fi<strong>le</strong> and the anatomopathologicalreport. The QI is therefore not measurab<strong>le</strong> for the administrative cohort.Tab<strong>le</strong> 53. Number of lymph no<strong>de</strong>s examined according to neoadjuvanttreatment, measured with prospective PROCARE data.Type of neoadjuvant treatment N Mean MedianRadiotherapy, 1 <strong>–</strong> 25 Gy 66 14 12Radiotherapy, 26 <strong>–</strong> 44 Gy 26 9 10Radiotherapy, 45 Gy or more 415 10 9Radiotherapy, dose unknown 76 13 13No neoadjuvant radiotherapy 1 5 5