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Colorectal Cancer
Isolated tumor cell status in regional lymph nodes correlates with colorectal cancer stage
October 5th, 2006
Isolated tumor cell status in regional lymph nodes correlates with cancer stage and vascular cancer invasion in patients with colorectal cancer. According to recent research from Italy, "The prevalence of isolated tumor cells (ITCs) in regional lymph nodes from colorectal cancer (CRC) is controversial and has never been prospectively assessed in large groups of consecutive patients. "pN0 early-relapsing CRC can be explained by lymph node-ITC." The aim of the study was "to assess the prevalence of ITCs in regional lymph nodes from 309 consecutive patients with pN0M0 (pathological (p)-tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging system) CRCs." ...
Source: Blood Weekly (2006-10-05)
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