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2017 Study Outcomes

HSHS ST. ELIZABETH’S HOSPITAL CANCER PROGRAM - 2017
Monitoring Compliance with Evidence-Based Guidelines

STUDY TOPIC:	All colon cancers diagnosed and/or treated at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in 2016.
OBJECTIVE:	To ensure compliance with evidence-based national guidelines and is appropriate for AJCC stage or other appropriate staging system, including prognostic indicators.
MEASUREMENT:	Patient age at diagnosis, comorbidities, pre-operative and pre-treatment CEA, histology, grade, colonoscopy, computed tomography chest abdomen and pelvis, and staging.
METHOD:	Retrospective chart review
RESULTS:	All 26 patients met the guidelines. Two patients were offered treatment and refused. Two patients were offered treatment but were too sick to receive chemo.
CONCLUSIONS:	100% met the guidelines.

Date Review Results Reported to Cancer Committee: 11/15/17

2017 Cancer Committee Annual Report