Colon Cancer
Researchers from Japan, Israel and the United States report details of new studies and findings in the area of colon cancer
Published in Clinical Oncology Week, August 21st, 2006
Study 1: Stage III colon cancer could be prognosticated by the distribution of lymph node metastasis.
According to recent research from Japan, "In the TNM classification of colorectal carcinoma, N-staging is dependent on the number of metastases; in the Japanese classification system, staging usually has been based on the distribution of metastases (N1, paracolic; N2, along the major vessels; N3, at the root of major vessels). The aim of our study was to examine whether the concept of the distribution of nodal metastasis could improve the TNM classification...
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