Tagged with “staging”
ArchivesCall for New Staging System for Advanced Colorectal Cancer
Experts in treating colorectal cancer that has spread to distant sites say that the need for a better staging system for advanced disease is urgent. More specific staging could identify patients whose cancer could be cured with surgery. For others, modern chemotherapy might make curative surgery possible.
In addition, a more precise staging system, with more categories, would provide better survival prognosis.
Currently all patients whose cancer has spread beyond their colon or rectum to distant sites (metastatic colorectal cancer) are lumped together in one group, classified as stage IV or Dukes D. No difference is made for those who have liver tumors that could be surgically removed or those where chemotherapy might make surgical cure possible. Continue reading…
Posted by Kate Murphy on August 19th, 2008
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Tags: metastatic colorectal cancer, staging, surgery
Some Stage II Colon and Rectal Cancers can be More Dangerous than Stage III
Advance Abstracts from ASCO 2008
How far a colon or rectal cancer penetrates through the wall of the bowel may be more important in deciding survival risks than current staging that focuses on positive lymph nodes.
Five year survival statistics for a large number of rectal and cancer patients verified an earlier study that found some stage III colorectal cancers had better prognosis than stage II cancers that extended through the bowel wall but did not invade nearby lymph nodes.
The information has implications for treating colorectal cancer after surgery.
Posted by Kate Murphy on May 21st, 2008
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Tags: ASCO, colorectal cancer prognosis, stage II colon cancer, staging, survival
