scholarly journals Impact of insurance status on overall survival after cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS-HIPEC)

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravi J. Chokshi ◽  
Jin K. Kim ◽  
Jimmy Patel ◽  
Joseph B. Oliver ◽  
Omar Mahmoud

AbstractObjectivesThe impact of insurance status on oncological outcome in patients undergoing cytoreduction and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS-HIPEC) is poorly understood.MethodsRetrospective study on 31 patients having undergone 36 CRS-HIPEC at a single institution (safety-net hospital) between 2012 and 2018. Patients were categorized as insured or underinsured. Demographics and perioperative events were compared. Primary outcome was overall survival (OS).ResultsA total of 20 patients were underinsured and 11 were insured. There were less gynecologic malignancies in the underinsured (p=0.02). On univariate analysis, factors linked to poor survival included gastrointestinal (p=0.01) and gynecologic malignancies (p=0.046), treatment with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (p=0.03), CC1 (p=0.02), abdominal wall resection (p=0.01) and Clavien–Dindo 3-4 (p=0.01). Treatment with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and abdominal wall resections, but not insurance status, were independently associated with OS (p=0.01, p=0.02 respectively). However, at the end of follow-up, six patients were alive in the insured group vs. zero in the underinsured group.ConclusionsIn this small, exploratory study, there was no statistical difference in OS between insured and underinsured patients after CRS-HIPEC. However, long-term survivors were observed only in the insured group.

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 6572-6572
Author(s):  
N. A. Haideri ◽  
J. Moormeier

6572 Background: Disparities between U.S. population groups in cancer incidence, treatment and outcome have been well documented. There is little information available about effective means of eliminating these differences utilizing patient navigator programs. Through the evaluation of the processes and outcomes of breast cancer care at a safety net hospital, this study attempts to better define, the impact of a patient navigation program. Methods: This was a retrospective case series analysis. Navigator program was established in January 2000. Eligible women with a diagnosis of breast cancer between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1999, were included in the standard management (SM) group. Women with breast cancer diagnosed between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2003, were included in the Patient Navigator (PN) group. The time interval from symptom presentation or abnormal mammogram to first access to treatment which includes surgery, chemotherapy or radiation was obtained. Statistical data was analyzed using SPSS software. Results: Three hundred and thirty five women were diagnosed between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 2003. Thirteen patients were ineligible leaving a final study population of 322 women; 103 women in the SM group, and 219 women in the PN group. The time interval from initial presentation to the date of definitive therapy was shorter during the period of time when PN was available with a median time to first treatment was 9 days shorter (42 days in SM group compared to 33 days in PN group). The stage of cancer at the time of presentation and treatment was not different between the two groups. One potential impact of PN program was dramatic increase in proportion of insured patients. Overall survival was not influenced by the PN program. Conclusions: The PN program at this safety net hospital did not influence the stage of presentation or the overall survival of women with breast cancer. There was a modest decrease in the time between initial presentation and definitive therapy. The utility of navigator programs is likely to vary with each institution and the program should be modified to respond to the unique needs of the patients being served. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


BMC Cancer ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sicheng Zhou ◽  
Qiang Feng ◽  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Haitao Zhou ◽  
Zheng Jiang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background This study aimed to evaluate the impact of postoperative complications on long-term survival in patients with peritoneal metastasis (PM) arising from colorectal cancer (CRC) treated with cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). Methods Patients with PM arising from CRC treated with CRS and HIPEC were systematically reviewed at the China National Cancer Center and Huanxing Cancer Hospital from June 2017 to June 2019. High-grade complications that occurred within 30 days were defined as grade 3 to 4 events according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) classification. Univariate and multivariable Cox regression models for overall survival were created. Predictors of high-grade postoperative complications were evaluated with univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Results In all, 86 consecutive cases were included in this study. Forty-one patients (47.7%) developed postoperative complications, while 22 patients (25.6%) experienced high-grade complications. No mortality occurred during the postoperative period. The median survival of all patients was 25 months, and the estimated 3-year overall survival (OS) rate was 35.0%. In the multivariable Cox regression analysis, a high peritoneal carcinomatosis index (PCI) score (HR, 1.07, 95% CI, 1.01–1.14; P=0.015) and grade 3–4 postoperative complications (HR, 1.86, 95% CI, 1.22–3.51; P=0.044) correlated with worse overall survival. High estimated blood loss (OR, 1.01, 95% CI, 1.01–1.02; P< 0.001) was identified as an independent risk factor for developing high-grade complications. Conclusion Careful patient selection, high levels of technical skill and improved perioperative management are crucial to ensure patient survival benefits after CRS+HIPEC.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sicheng Zhou ◽  
Qiang Feng ◽  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Haitao Zhou ◽  
Zheng Jiang ◽  
...  

Abstract Objective This study aimed to evaluate the impact of postoperative complications on long-term survival in patients with peritoneal metastasis (PM) arising from colorectal cancer (CRC) treated with cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC).Methods Patients with PM arising from CRC treated with CRS and HIPEC were systematically reviewed at the China National Cancer Center and Huanxing Cancer Hospital from June 2017 to June 2019. High-grade complications that occurred within 30 days were defined as grade 3 to 4 events according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) classification. Univariate and multivariable Cox regression models for overall survival were created. Predictors of high-grade postoperative complications were evaluated with univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses.Results In all, 86 consecutive cases were included in this study. Forty-one patients (47.7%) developed postoperative complications, while 22 patients (25.6%) experienced high-grade complications. No mortality occurred during the postoperative period. The median survival of all patients was 25 months, and the estimated 3-year overall survival (OS) rate was 35.0%. In the multivariable Cox regression analysis, a high peritoneal carcinomatosis index (PCI) score (HR, 1.07, 95% CI, 1.01-1.14; P=0.015) and grade 3-4 postoperative complications (HR, 1.86, 95% CI, 1.22-3.51; P=0.044) correlated with worse overall survival. High estimated blood loss (OR, 1.01, 95% CI, 1.01-1.02; P<0.001) was identified as an independent risk factor for developing high-grade complications.Conclusion Careful patient selection, high levels of technical skill and improved perioperative management are crucial to ensure patient survival benefits after CRS+HIPEC.


2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haipeng Chen ◽  
Sicheng Zhou ◽  
Jianjun Bi ◽  
Qiang Feng ◽  
Zheng Jiang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background The impact of primary tumour location on the prognosis of patients with peritoneal metastasis (PM) arising from colorectal cancer (CRC) after cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is rarely discussed, and the evidence is still limited. Methods Patients with PM arising from CRC treated with CRS and HIPEC at the China National Cancer Center and Huanxing Cancer Hospital between June 2017 and June 2019 were systematically reviewed. Clinical characteristics, pathological features, perioperative parameters, and prognostic data were collected and analysed. Results A total of 70 patients were divided into two groups according to either colonic or rectal origin (18 patients in the rectum group and 52 patients in the colon group). Patients with PM of a colonic origin were more likely to develop grade 3–4 postoperative complications after CRS+HIPEC (38.9% vs 19.2%, P = 0.094), but this difference was not statistically significant. Patients with colon cancer had a longer median overall survival (OS) than patients with rectal cancer (27.0 vs 15.0 months, P = 0.011). In the multivariate analysis, the independent prognostic factors of reduced OS were a rectal origin (HR 2.15, 95% CI 1.15–4.93, P = 0.035) and incomplete cytoreduction (HR 1.99, 95% CI 1.06–4.17, P = 0.047). Conclusion CRS is a complex and potentially life-threatening procedure, and we suggest that the indications for CRS+HIPEC in patients with PM of rectal origin be more restrictive and that clinicians approach these cases with caution.


Neurosurgery ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (CN_suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 224-224
Author(s):  
Anthony Michael DiGiorgio ◽  
Praveen V Mummaneni ◽  
Jonathan Lloyd Fisher ◽  
Adam Podet ◽  
Clifford Crutcher ◽  
...  

Abstract INTRODUCTION The practice of surgeons performing overlapping surgery has recently come under scrutiny. We sought to examine the impact of overlapping rooms on surgery wait time and length of stay in patients admitted to a tertiary care, safety-net hospital for urgent neurosurgical procedures. METHODS Our hospital functions as a safety-net, tertiary care, level-1 trauma center in the Southern United States. The neurosurgery service transitioned from routinely allowing one room per day (period 1) to overlapping rooms (period 2), with the second room being staffed by the same attending surgeon. Patients undergoing neurosurgical intervention in each period were retrospectively compared. Case urgency, patient demographics, case type, indication, length of stay and time from admission to surgery were tracked. RESULTS >452 total cases were reviewed (201 in period 1 & 251 in period 2), covering 7 months in each period. 122 of the cases were classified as “urgent” (59 in period 1 and 63 in period 2). In the these patients, length of stay was significantly decreased in period 2 (13.09 days vs 19.52, p = .002) and the time from admission to surgery for urgent cases trended towards a shorter time (5.12 days vs 7.00, p = .084). Insurance status of these patients was 26.2% uninsured, 39.3% Medicaid, 18.9% Medicare, 9% commercial and the remainder workers compensation, liability or prisoner care. Multivariate regression analysis revealed that being in period 1, having Medicare, having trauma as the indication for surgery, and undergoing a non-cranial or non-spinal procedure as significant factors for increased length of stay. CONCLUSION Recent studies suggest overlapping surgeries are safe for patients. In the case of our safety net hospital, allowing the neurosurgery service to run overlapping rooms significantly reduces length of stay in a vulnerable population who is admitted in need of urgent surgery.


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