Tumor deposits negatively impact colon cancer survival, but the AJCC tumor, lymph node, and metastasis (TNM) staging system only considers these deposits in the absence of positive lymph nodes.

The globally accepted method for describing the extent of cancer is the anatomically based TNM (tumour, node ... the number recommended for assessment (e.g., < 12 nodes in cases of colorectal cancer) ...

Tumour, node and metastasis (TNM) staging is one of the systems used to stage bowel (colon and rectal) cancer. The stage of a cancer tells you how big it is and how far it has spread. It helps your ...

Table 2. Multivariate Cox Proportional Hazard Analysis for DFS, OS, and DSS Among Patients With UICC-TNM Stage I, II, or III Colorectal Cancer From Cohort 1 Abbreviations: DFS, disease-free survival; ...

none of the newly revised TNM criteria regarding ND were adopted in the national cancer staging manual edited by the Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR). 5 This discrepancy is ...

TDs have been included in the TNM staging of colorectal cancer, which stipulated that regardless of the number, shape, and size of TDs, they were classified as signs of stage N1c disease if they ...