Table 1.

Categorisation of patients with colorectal cancer discussed at multidisciplinary team meetings.

Category	Patients		Two-year mortality (%)a	Median survival (months)
	(n)	(%)
Total colorectal cancer cases	909	100	–	–
Major resection	614	67.5	19.2	–
Too little cancer	59	6.5	5.1	–
Too much cancer	125	13.8	83.2	8.54
Too frail	79	8.7	75.9	10.73
Incomplete records/othersb	32	3.5	64.3	–

^a Comparison of 2-year mortality between major resection, too little, too much and too frail; groups demonstrated a significant difference (P < 0.001 chi square test).

^b ‘Others’ were patients who were not able to be categorised into one of the named pathways.