Staging: What makes sense? Can the pathologist help? Journal Article
| Authors: | Bernick, P. E.; Wong, W. D. |
| Article Title: | Staging: What makes sense? Can the pathologist help? |
| Abstract: | The staging of colorectal cancer continues to be an interesting and evolving process. Accurate staging can predict overall prognosis and helps to select appropriate treatment options. This article addresses the clinical and pathologic staging of colon and rectal cancer. The use of endorectal ultrasound in the preoperative clinical staging of rectal cancer is reviewed. The importance of surgical resection margins, lymph node retrieval rates, and tumor markers is discussed. |
| Keywords: | histopathology; review; disease classification; cancer staging; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; lymph node metastasis; neoplasm staging; diagnostic accuracy; preoperative evaluation; sensitivity and specificity; colorectal cancer; diagnosis, differential; tumor markers, biological; colonic neoplasms; tumor marker; prediction; biopsy, needle; colon cancer; neoplasm metastasis; neoplasm invasiveness; rectal neoplasms; rectum cancer; intestinal mucosa; prognosis; human; male; female |
| Journal Title: | Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| ISSN: | 1055-3207 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2000-10-01 |
| Start Page: | 703 |
| End Page: | 720 |
| Language: | English |
| PUBMED: | 11008235 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| DOI/URL: | |
| Notes: | Export Date: 18 November 2015 -- Source: Scopus |
