{"entity":{"id":"paper-ting-colorectal-z-package-pgh-jgo-2020","kind":"paper","name":"Treatment Outcomes of Patients With Colorectal Cancer Enrolled in a Comprehensive Benefits Program of the National Insurance System in the Philippines: Data From the Pilot Site","aka":[],"tldr":"At the Philippine General Hospital, 251 patients treated for colorectal cancer under PhilHealth's Z package from 2016 to 2018 mostly completed their treatment, and 70 per cent were alive at three years.","summary":"The University of the Philippines, Philippine General Hospital Colorectal Polyp and Cancer Study Group reviewed three years of data on patients enrolled in the Z package colorectal cancer benefit, a national insurance package for early to locally advanced colorectal cancer, at the pilot site.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"JCO Glob Oncol 2020","url":"https://doi.org/10.1200/jgo.19.00332"},{"label":"PubMed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32031435/"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["colorectal"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["philhealth","philippine-general-hospital"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"journal":"JCO Global Oncology","year":2020,"doi":"10.1200/jgo.19.00332","pmid":"32031435","authors":"Ting FIL, Sacdalan DBL, Tampo MMT, Apellido RT, Monroy HJ 3rd, Sacdalan MDP, Sacdalan DL","paperType":"real-world","findings":["251 patients were enrolled from 2016 to 2018; mean age 57, 66% men, 78% rectal cancer and 82% stage III.","75% were compliant with treatment and follow-up: 90% with surgery, 77% with chemotherapy and 96% with radiotherapy.","Recurrence 17%, morbidity 22% and mortality 19%; two-year survival probability 74% and three-year 70%."],"whatItMeans":"A package that pays for the whole course of treatment, delivered by a multidisciplinary team, kept most patients on treatment; the authors judge the survival comparable with data from more developed countries.","caveats":["One hospital and no comparison group.","Short follow-up of up to three years."]},"route":"/key-papers/paper-ting-colorectal-z-package-pgh-jgo-2020/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"colorectal","kind":"cancer","name":"Colorectal cancer","route":"/cancers/colorectal/"}],"institution":[{"id":"philippine-general-hospital","kind":"institution","name":"Philippine General Hospital","route":"/institutions/philippine-general-hospital/"},{"id":"philhealth","kind":"institution","name":"Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth)","route":"/institutions/philhealth/"}]}}