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The aim of this study was to investigate this association between hospital academic status and mortality after colon and rectal cancer surgery.  All 49 032 patients who underwent resection for colorectal cancer in years 1987\u20132016 in Finland were included, with complete follow-up until December 31, 2019. Primary outcome was all-cause 5-year mortality. Cox regression provided hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) in academic and non-academic hospitals for colorectal surgery, adjusted for calendar period, age, sex, comorbidity, stage, tumor location and oncological therapy. Additionally, colon and rectal cancer surgery were assessed separately. Total colectomies were included in the study, and the cancer location was based on the first location information that was reported by the cancer registry or in the ICD code if not reported in the cancer registry. The manuscript was written according to Equator network guidelines.  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Hospital academic status is associated with slightly improved 5-year mortality in colorectal cancer surgery, but benefits of centralization to academic hospitals may be limited to rectal cancer surgery.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-026-38347-4","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,17]],"date-time":"2026-02-17T10:36:44Z","timestamp":1771324604000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A nationwide population-based cohort study of hospital academic status and survival following colorectal cancer surgery in Finland 1987\u20132016"],"prefix":"10.1038","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Elise","family":"Sarjanoja","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kai","family":"Klintrup","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pasi","family":"Ohtonen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joonas H.","family":"Kauppila","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"38347_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1204","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(20)30925-9","volume":"396","author":"GBD 2019 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators","year":"2020","unstructured":"GBD 2019 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators. 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