Fragmentation of Multimodal Rectal Cancer Care: A Population‐Level Retrospective Cohort Study
Patients with stage II/III rectal cancer receiving multimodal therapy may experience less timely initiation of treatment if their cancer care is fragmented. This did not translate into differences in long-term oncologic outcomes.
Authors
- Katrina Knight (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0300-546X)
- Vanessa Wiseman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-8876)
- Tyler McKechnie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7668-4096)
- Kelly Brennan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3498-2634)
- Sunil V. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6520-232X)
- Ameer Farooq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6716-0082)
- Adom Bondzi‐Simpson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3290-1009)
- Alessandro Ricci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9222-5092)
- Weidong Kong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7427-0607)
- V. Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2102-1498)
Institutions
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Queen's University (CA)
- Cancer Care Ontario (CA)
- Cancer Care South East (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Surgical Oncology
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.28163
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research