Colorectal cancer—prognostic signs in “local disease”
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Surgical Oncology
- Vol. 7 (5) , 395-402
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.2930070510
Abstract
This detailed review of the clinical and pathologic signs which effect the prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer. The following are reviewed: (1) the degree of cellular anaplasia, (2) local penetration of the bowel wall, (3) lymph‐node spread, (4) venous invasion, (5) perineural invasion, (6) obstruction and perforation, and (7) the number of cm the lesion is located from the anal verge.Keywords
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