TAMPA, FLA.—The odds of presenting with metastatic or T4 colon cancer, having delayed surgical intervention, and having worse mortality increased directly and linearly with distance to treatment facilities, according to new research. The findings were presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
According to presenting study author Andrew Russ, MD, an associate professor of surgery at the University of Tennessee Medical