A research group led by Assistant Professor Yusuke Fujita, Associate Professor Houya Hida, and Visiting Researcher Kae Okoshi of the Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine has found that colon cancer patients in Japan return to work in an average of 1.1 months after undergoing surgery. found out through a survey.
京都大学によると、研究グループは2019年6月から2020年8月までの間、大学病院1施設と市中病院6施設で大腸がん手術を予定しているステージ（進行度）1～3の患者のうち、就労中だった129人を追跡調査した。129人のうち、65歳以上の高齢者が39％、女性が36％で、98％が腹腔鏡手術、ロボット支援手術など身体の負担が軽い手術方法だった。
As a result, the median time from surgery to return to work was 1.1 months.81.3% continued to work six months after surgery, and 1% continued to work one year after surgery.However, patients with advanced cancer, complications after surgery, and patients who had a colostomy created had delays in returning to work.Patients with non-regular employment or low income were more likely to quit their jobs after one year.
Past overseas studies have shown that the time from surgery to return to work is 2.2 to 9.1 months, and only 49 to 89% of patients return to work.The research group believes that the return to work situation for colon cancer patients in Japan is better than in other countries.
Colorectal cancer is the number one cancer in Japan by cancer site.Patients in stages 1 to 1 mainly undergo surgery, and the five-year survival rate is estimated to be 3 to 5%.However, there have been few studies examining the working status of patients after surgery in clinical settings in Japan.
Paper information:【Diseases of the Colon and Rectum】Employment Status of Colorectal Cancer Patients After Surgery: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study in Japan
