BACKGROUND: Time to treatment of @entity5 is becoming a serious political and social issue. A greater understanding of the timeframes involved in @entity5 care is needed to reduce inequalities in access to care caused by delays. OBJECTIVE: To describe indicators of time to first treatment after colonoscopy in @entity694 ( @entity694 ) and @entity188 ( @entity188 ) @entity1 in France. METHOD: Using the international classification of diseases and medical procedures codes, from national hospital discharge and long term illness databases we selected @entity1 newly diagnosed for @entity694 or @entity188 in 2009-2010 who had undergone treatment. RESULTS: We included 15 694 and 6 623 @entity1 for @entity694 and @entity188 , respectively. Median times to surgery in @entity1 with a surgical treatment pathway for @entity694 and @entity188 were 22 (Q1=14; Q3=34) and 97 (Q1=34; Q3=141) days, respectively. Median times to chemotherapy for @entity1 with a non-surgical treatment pathway, for @entity694 and @entity188 were 36 (Q1=21; Q3=59) and 40 (Q1=27; Q3=59) days, respectively. The median time to radiotherapy in @entity188 @entity1 was 53 (Q1=39; Q3=78) days.Time to surgery as first treatment in @entity188 @entity1 (46 days) was twice as long as that in @entity694 @entity1 (22 days). Time to treatment was longer in most northern regions and in overseas districts, and shorter in southern regions, for both @entity694 and @entity188 . CONCLUSION: The findings in this unprecedented study in France will inform decision-making policies on the future implementation of guidelines on timeframes for @entity14 treatment access.

Time to first treatment after colonoscopy in XXXX suffering from @entity694 in France.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer'] @entity188 :: ('MESH:D012004', 'Disease') :: ['rectum cancer', 'RC'] @entity14 :: ('MESH:D015179', 'Disease') :: ['colorectal cancer'] @entity694 :: ('MESH:D003110', 'Disease') :: ['colon cancer', 'CC']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
