Surgery for rectal cancer is associated ... tumor–node–metastasis (TNM) system. Recurrence and 5-year survival rates both correlated positively with pathologic stage. While patients in ...

In rectal cancer specifically ... Tumor-Node-Metastasis (TNM) Staging System: A classification system used to describe the extent of cancer spread, based on the size of the tumor (T), the ...

The TNM stage was designed such that increasing ... Thus, the dilemma for the clinician and the patient with stage II colorectal cancer is treatment choice. Should patients with stage II ...

Stage 3 bowel (colon and rectal) cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes, but hasn't spread to distant body parts. It's divided into 3 groups - 3A, 3B and 3C. You have surgery to remove your cancer.

Also known as colorectal cancer, it is the third most common ... There is a number staging system and the TNM system. The Dukes' staging system is not really used anymore. The number staging ...

Stage 2 bowel (colon and rectal) cancer has spread into the outer wall of the bowel or into tissue or organs next to the bowel. It has not spread to the lymph nodes or distant parts of the body. Stage ...

An athlete has warned people that 'don't fit the mould' that their chances of developing cancer are 'never zero', after she ...