Table 1 Treatments administered to colorectal cancer patients diagnosed during 1994–2002: numbers and percentages of all patients

From: Inequity in colorectal cancer treatment and outcomes: a population-based study

 

Colon

Rectum

Total

Variable

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

Overall treatment a

 Surgeryb

7591

79.0

4285

76.0

11 876

77.9

 Any chemotherapy

2807

29.2

1873

33.2

4680

30.7

 Any radiotherapy

410

4.3

1578

28.0

1988

13.0

 Pre-operative treatmentc

      

Chemotherapy

45

0.6

240

5.6

285

2.4

Radiotherapy

11

0.1

339

7.9

350

2.9

 Postoperative treatmentc

      

Chemotherapy

2435

31.9

1336

31.0

3771

31.6

Radiotherapy

227

3.0

682

15.8

909

7.6

Treatment combinations

 Surgery onlyb

5000

52.0

2419

42.9

7419

48.7

 Chemotherapy only

304

3.2

123

2.2

427

2.8

 Radiotherapy only

41

0.4

174

3.1

215

1.4

 Surgery and radiotherapy

116

1.2

302

5.4

418

2.7

 Surgery and chemotherapy

2250

23.4

648

11.5

2898

19.0

 Chemotherapy and radiotherapy

28

0.3

186

3.3

214

1.4

 Surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy

225

2.3

916

16.3

1141

7.5

 No cancer-directed treatment

1649

17.2

868

15.4

2517

16.5

  1. aCategories not mutually exclusive; figures do not sum to 100%.
  2. bResection of the colon or rectum.
  3. cPercentage of surgical patients.