GI cancerIn preparation for the 6th edition of the UICC and AJCC publications on TNM staging, all data regarding sites of the digestive system (gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary) were reviewed by expert site teams. Although the information for several sites (esophagus, small bowel, and anal canal...
ObjectiveTo investigate the value of 18F-FDG PET/CT combined with conventional imaging modalities in the evaluation of the depth of tumor invasion, regional lymph node metastasis, distant organ and lymph node metastasis (TNM staging), and the adjacent structure invasion of rectal cancer. MethodsFif...
8.Kim NK, Baik SH, Min BS, Pyo HR, Choi YJ, Kim H, Seong J, Keum KC, Rha SY, Chung HC. A comparative study of volumetric analysis, histopathologic downstaging, and tumor regression grade in evaluating tumor response in locally advanced rectal cancer following preoperative chemoradiation.Int...
世界卫生组织TNM分期更新内容 TNM Seventh Edition:What’s New,What’s Changed Communication From the International Union Against Cancer and the American Joint Committee on Cancer Leslie H Sobin,MD 1and Carolyn C.Compton,MD,PhD 2,3 The seventh edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors (...
The purpose of the study was to compare staging of stage II colon cancer using the number of retrieved lymph nodes (RN) to current TNM staging for stratification of prognosis. Methods The subjects were 6307 patients with stage II colon cancer who underwent curative resection at 24 Japanese insti...
In 1932 Cuthbert Dukes proposed a classification for rectal cancer. It was based on the extent of disease evaluated by the degree of tumour infiltration through the bowel wall and the presence or absence of lymph node metastases.2 The pT-primary tumour The categories T1–T3 remain unchanged. ...
Despite this, abstracting stage data has proved difficult for population-based cancer registries (PBCR), particularly in less developed settings. To facilitate staging when there are missing elements of Tumour (T), Node (N) or Metastasis (M), or Stage group in the clinical record, Essential ...