The effect of the endoscopist on the wait-time for colorectal cancer surgery.

Ethics Committee Approval: This study was designed retrospectively so the ethics committee approval was not needed. Informed Consent: Informed patient consent form including colonoscopy and surgical treatment protocol were obtained from all patients included in this study. Peer-review: Externally peer-reviewed. Author Contributions: Concept - B.K., Y.I.; Design - B.K., K.C., B.A.; Supervision - M.F., B.A.; Funding - M.F.; Data Collection and/or Processing - B.K., Y.I., T.A.; Analysis and/or Interpretation - M.F., N.E.B.; Literature Review - Y.I., B.K.; Writer - B.K., Y.I.; Critical Review - M.F., B.K. Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors. Financial Disclosure: The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.