Clinical Management of Colorectal Cancer & The Need for Improved ... node and metastases (TNM) staging classification. Stage is determined by a combination of TNM characteristics.

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) ...

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.

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 ...