title: Colorectal surgeons in district general hospitals produce similar survival outcomes to their teaching hospital colleagues: review of 5-year survivals in Manchester.
abstract: A study of 578 patients treated for colorectal cancer in the North-west region comparing survival after surgery in teaching and non-teaching hospitals was performed. All patients had a minimum of 5 years follow-up. A greater proportion of elderly and emergency patients were treated in the non-teaching hospitals. The number of operative mortalities and 5-year survival figures for all causes of death and for colorectal deaths alone were similar in teaching and non-teaching hospital patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Studies, Trafford General Hospital, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Kingston
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeacock
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016019:Survival Analysis; D006113:United Kingdom