SOCIAL DEPRIVATION AND OUTCOMES IN COLORECTAL CANCER

Jason J Smith, Henry S Tilney, Paris P Tekkis, Alexander G Heriot, Ara W Darzi, Helen Forbes, Michael R Thompson, Jeffrey D Stamatakis.
On behalf of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland.
British Journal of Surgery 2006, in press - link

Acknowledgments:
 We are grateful to the following hospitals who contributed patients to the study on which this paper is based: Belfast Royal Victoria Hospital; Dublin St James’s Hospital; Tayside Univerity Hospitals NHS Trust; Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust; Carmarthenshire NHS Trust; Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust; Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust; Pembrokeshire & Derwen NHS Trust; Pontypridd & Rhondda NHS Trust; Swansea NHS Trust; Ashford And St Peters Hospitals NHS Trust; Basildon And Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Trust; Bishop Auckland General Hospital; Blackpool, Fylde And Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust; Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Trust; Ceredigion & Mid Wales NHS Trust; Chelsea And Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust; City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust; Conquest Hospital; Cumberland Infirmary; Darlington Memorial Hospital; Dudley Group Of Hospitals NHS Trust; East And North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; East Somerset NHS Trust; Eastbourne District General Hospital; Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust; Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne; Frenchay Hospital; Friarage Hospital; Gateshead Health NHS Trust; Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust; Harrowgate Health Care NHS Trust; Heatherwood And Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust; Hemel Hempstead General Hospital; Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust; Hexham General Hospital; Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust; James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust; Kings Collge Hospital NHS Trust; Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Luton And Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust; Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust; Newham Healthcare NHS Trust; North Tyneside General Hospital; North West London Hospitals NHS Trust; Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust; Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust; Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust; Poole Hospitals NHS Trust; Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust; Princess Royal Hospital; Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust; Royal Bournemouth And Christchurch Hospitals NHS Trust; Royal Devon And Exeter Healthcare NHS Trust; Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust; Royal Liverpool And Broadgreen University Hospital; Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals NHS Trust; Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust; Royal Sussex County Hospital; Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne; Royal West Sussex NHS Trust; Scarborough And North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust; South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust; South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust; South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust; South Tyneside Healthcare NHS Trust; Southmead Hospital; Southport And Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust; St Helens And Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust; St Marys NHS Trust; Stockport NHS Trust; Swindon And Marlborough NHS Trust; Taunton And Somerset NHS Trust; The Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust; The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust; The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust; United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust; University Hospital Of Hartlepool; University Hospital Of North Durham; University Hospital Of North Tees;
University Hospital Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust; University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust; Wansbeck General Hospital; Watford General Hospital; West Cumberland Hospital; West Dorset General Hospitals NHS Trust; West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust; Winchester And Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust; Wirral Hospital NHS Trust; Worthing Hospital; Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh NHS Trust; York Health Services NHS Trust.