TABLE 1.
Patient demographics, TNM grade, tumour location, presentation and referral route for colorectal cancer for 2018–2020, where an asterisk denotes a statistically significant result
| Characteristic |
2018/2019 n = 539 |
2020 n = 267 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 70 (12.5) | 70 (14.0) | 0.72 |
| Female gender, n (%) | 231 (42.9) | 116 (43.4) | 0.87 |
| T stage n (%) | – | 0.02* | |
| T1 | 31 (5.8) | 17 (6.4) | 0.72 |
| T2 | 82 (15.2) | 29 (10.9) | 0.10 |
| T3 | 269 (49.9) | 116 (43.4) | 0.09 |
| T4 | 146 (27.1) | 92 (34.5) | 0.03* |
| TX | 11 (2.0) | 12 (4.5) | 0.05 |
| N1 or higher, n (%) | 292 (54.2) | 152 (56.9) | 0.46 |
| M1 or higher, n (%) | 145 (26.9) | 85 (31.8) | 0.14 |
| Tumour location, n (%) | |||
| Small bowel | 3 (0.06) | 2 (0.8) | 0.08 |
| Colon | 350 (64.9) | 193 (72.8) | |
| Rectum | 186 (34.5) | 70 (26.4) | |
| Emergency presentation, n (%) | 154 (28.6) | 96 (36.0) | 0.03* |
| Large bowel obstruction, n (%) | 23 (4.3) | 23 (8.6) | 0.01* |
| Small bowel obstruction, n (%) | 20 (3.7) | 6 (2.2) | |
| Perforation, n (%) | 18 (3.3) | 11 | |
| Urgency of surgery, n (%) | |||
| Elective | 298 (80.5) | 115 (71.9) | 0.03* |
| Emergency | 72 (19.5) | 45 (28.1) | |