Abstract

Analysis of the quality of care for colorectal cancer is an essential foundation for further development and is based on the comparison of the goals set and the actual quality of care. This publication presents the reality of care in the State of Brandenburg covering the complete spectrum of treating clinics based on the data of the clinical cancer register. This study analyzed the number of resected and examined lymph nodes, the quality of total mesorectal excision (TME), the residual tumor (R0) resection rate and the proportion of adjuvant therapy of colon cancer in Union internationale contre le cancer (UICC) stage III depending on the operation quota of hospitals and the certification as bowel cancer center according to Onkozert. Apart from the R status, the analyses showed no differences in the qualitative operation data from the clinical cancer register depending on the hospital volume.

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