Based on the AJCC system, the stages of colon cancer include: Stage 0 ... (T4a) but has not affected nearby organs. It 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 ...

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 ...

• 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 ...

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.