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The new ‘coN’ staging system combining lymph node metastasis and tumour deposit provides a more accurate prognosis for TNM stage III colon cancer

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Despite controversy over its origin and definition, the significance of tumour deposit (TD) has been underestimated in the tumour node metastasis (TNM) staging system for colon cancer, especially in stage… Click to show full abstract

Despite controversy over its origin and definition, the significance of tumour deposit (TD) has been underestimated in the tumour node metastasis (TNM) staging system for colon cancer, especially in stage III patients. We aimed to further confirm the prognostic value of TD in stage III colon cancer and to establish a more accurate ‘coN’ staging system combining TD and lymph node metastasis (LNM).

Keywords: staging system; node metastasis; stage iii; colon cancer; cancer

Journal Title: Cancer Medicine
Year Published: 2022

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