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.

Once cancer has spread to the nearby lymph nodes, it is considered stage III cancer. The depth of the primary cancer and the number of the lymph nodes determines the sub-stage. Stage IIIA: Cancer has ...

This is possible because colon cancer staging relies on assessment of regional lymph nodes. Because the number and involvement of nodes has been recorded consistently, the individual components of ...

It describes the extent to which the disease has spread and, if so, how far it has spread from the primary site. While every person's disease is unique, ...

Wang J, Zhou J, Zhao S, et al. Robotic versus laparoscopic anterior resection for the treatment of stage II and III sigmoid colon cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis. J Robot Surg . 2024 ...

The number of lymph node metastases that were involved with the SMA or SMV, as well as the subgroups of colon cancer type, were small. Lymph nodes were not dissected in areas other than the mesentery.

Patients with stage IIB/C colon cancers have worse ... This compared unfavorably both with the 81.6% survival rate for stage IIIA with <12 lymph nodes, ... (AJCC) Tumor, Node, and Metastasis ...

The 2017 8th edition of AJCC staging presented a new prognostic staging system for breast cancer which in addition ... or removal of a substantial number of lymph nodes from the underarm area, was ...

• 0223: Adjuvant chemotherapy is considered or administered within four months (120 days) of surgery to patients under the age of 80 with AJCC III (lymph node positive) colon cancer (Commission ...