Table 3.

Impact of the Hospital Delay from Diagnosis on Patient’s First Endoscopy Until Surgery: Hospital Delay <5 Weeks (N = 128), 5–8 Weeks (N = 186), and >8 Weeks (N = 177)

	Delay <5 weeks, N = 128	Delay 5–8 weeks, N = 186	Delay >8 weeks, N = 177	p value
Morbidity	62 (48.4%)	122 (65.6%)	119 (67.2%)	<0.01
In-hospital mortality	2 (1.6%)	10 (5.4%)	15 (8.5%)	0.03
Reoperation	7 (5.5%)	20 (10.8%)	23 (13.0%)	0.10
pT stage
pT1–pT2	30 (23.4%)	57 (30.6%)	54 (30.5%)	0.31
pT3–pT4	98 (76.6%)	129 (69.4%)	123 (69.5%)
pN stage
pN0	42 (32.8%)	66 (35.5%)	62 (35.0%)	0.88
pN1	86 (67.2%)	120 (64.5%)	115 (65.0%)
pM stage
pM0	103 (80.5%)	150 (80.6%)	131 (74.0%)	0.24
pM1a–M1b	25 (19.5%)	36 (19.4%)	46 (26.0%)
Radicality of resection
R0	86 (67.2%)	124 (66.7%)	130 (73.4%)	0.32
R1–R2	42 (32.8%)	62 (33.3%)	47 (26.6%)