A new staging system that integrates tumor deposits with lymph node counts provides superior survival stratification and staging than the standard AJCC staging.

Staging Colon Cancer Patients using the TNM system from 1975 to the present. Deborah Schrag, MD Associate Attending Physician, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering ...

Conclusions In asymptomatic persons at average risk for colorectal cancer, multitarget stool DNA testing detected significantly more cancers than did FIT but had more false positive results.

The 16 cancer quality measures relate to the diagnosis and treatment of breast and colon cancers, while the five population health quality measures focus on community interventions. Here are the ...

The colon cancer recurrence nomogram predicted relapse with a concordance index of 0.77, improving on the stratification provided by either the AJCC fifth or sixth staging scheme.

Cancer staging determines extent of disease, facilitating prognostication and treatment decision making. The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) TNM classification system is the most commonly ...

National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) Guidelines for colon and rectal cancer were updated to include ctDNA as a prognostic marker and high risk factor for recurrence NCCN guideline for ...