In 20/202 (10%) of patients, the PET results changed the intention of therapy (curative or palliative).
As the intention of treatment (curative or palliative) tends to be recorded less well than treatment modality, we assumed that the proportion of patients receiving any cancer treatment was a reasonable proxy of proportion curatively treated.
In contrast, curative intent was defined as patients who were receiving active treatment for their cancer with an intention of cure [29].
In contrast, curative intent was defined as patients who were receiving active treatment for their cancer with an intention of cure [ 29].
It is also important to consider whether the intention of treatment is curative or palliative.
At baseline, we recorded age, gender, characteristics of the hematologic malignancy, including type and stage of the respective malignancy, time of diagnosis, type and timing of previous specific treatments (that is, chemo-, immunor, oradiotherapypy, autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplantation (ASCT)), as well as the intention of cancer treatment (curative versus noncurative).
Treatment type (surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy), intention (any intent, curative intent or intention unknown), start date, duration, and quantity (e.g. number of Gray (Gy), number of chemotherapy cycles) were recorded.
Treatment type, including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy were recorded, as was treatment intention (any intent, curative intent or intention not known).
We will also take into account if planned or emergency surgery is performed, the curative or palliative intention of the surgery, the anastomosis technique, and if laparoscopic, open colorectal surgery, transanal resection and/or endoscopic resection is performed, as well as the need for reinterventions after the initial surgery.
The operative intention was curative and patients with suspected involvement of the portal vein following assessment by radiology did not receive surgery.
