Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: ANCA - A Registry Based Study of Clinical Results and Health Related Quality of Life in Patients After Treatment for Anal Cancer
Brief Summary:
A national study of a three year cohort consisting of all patients diagnosed with anal cancer in 2011- 2013 with data retrieval from three national registries: Cancer Registry, Patient registry and Cause of Death Registry all within the Swedish Board of Health and Welfare. All out- and inpatient visits with diagnoses, admission dates and discharge dates will be requested including.
Patient documentation from the concerned hospitals will be collected and data on the details of the treatment collected retrospectively in a standardised fashion using a clinical record form.
Comorbidity will be calculated using data from the Patient Registry using all main and co-diagnoses 2 years prior and then at least two years after treatment cessation.
Detailed questionnaires will be sent out once at 2-3 years and a second time at about 6 years after index treatment.