Colon Cancer Staging Variable for SEER Data (1975-2003): A complex user-defined variable was defined to show colorectal cancer rates by AJCC stage, 5th Edition. The variable was created for use with ...

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, ...

Survival and disease relapse after surgery alone or combined with adjuvant treatment for colon and rectal cancer are a function of both degree of bowel wall penetration of the primary lesion (T ...

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.

Medically reviewed by Kumkum S. Patel, MD Medically reviewed by Kumkum S. Patel, MD Rectal cancer is cancer that originates ...

Background: Current staging for colon cancer utilizing the American Joint Committee on Cancer TNM framework stratifies disease into groups according to how advanced the disease is and provides ...

• 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 ...