Clinical practice guideline for the management of colon cancer in the Peruvian Social Security (EsSalud)

Yan-Quiroz E.F.; Delgado-Flores C.J.; López-Cutipa E.F.; Mendoza-Romero M.A.; Espiritu-Flores M.J.; Montes-Alvis J.; Chavez-Rimache L.K.; Taype-Rondan A.; Salvador-Salvador S.; Santos-Sánchez V. · Anales de la Facultad de Medicina (2024) · DOI: 10.15381/anales.v85i3.27724

Resumen

Introduction. This article summarizes the clinical practice guide (CPG) for management of colon cancer in the Social Security of Peru (EsSalud). Objective. To provide evidence-based clinical recommendations for management of colon cancer in EsSalud. Methods. A guideline development group (GDG) was formed, which included specialist physicians and methodologists, who formulated clinical questions. Systematic searches of systematic reviews were conducted and-when deemed relevant-primary studies in PubMedduring 2023. Evidence was selected to answer each of the proposed clinical questions.The certainty of evidence was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology .Inperiodic working meetings, the GDG used the GRADE methodology to review the evidence and formulate recommendations, points of good clinical practice, and flowcharts. Finally, the CPG was approved with Resolution No.140-IETSI-ESSALUD-2023. Results.The CPG addressed 9 clinical questions regarding management. Based on these questions, 7 recommendations were formulated (all of which were conditional),11 points of good clinical practice, and 1 flow chart. Conclusion. Evidence-based recommendations were statement for the management of patients with colon cancer.

Instituciones: Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola