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Background This study was designed to identify risk factors for lymph node metastasis of early stage colorectal cancer, which was confirmed to a carcinoma that invaded the submucosa after radical ...
NZ TikToker Dominique McShain has shared the symptoms she experienced with terminal colorectal cancer, which is becoming ...
particularly if it has perforated the colon and/or appears at risk of resurging after surgery. Stage three, when the cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes but not to other organs, requires ...
These terms are not interchangeable. While colorectal cancer is the umbrella term for both colon and rectal cancer. As the ...
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There is no cancer in the lymph nodes. Surgery is the main treatment. People with very early colon cancer (stage 1) do not usually need chemotherapy. But this might change after surgery. After your ...
including mid to distal transverse, descending, sigmoid, and rectosigmoid colon. § = ratio of the circumference of tumor to luminal circumference. † = Lymph node, ‡ = Lymphovascular invasion ...