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15.10.2023 | ASO Author Reflections
ASO Author Reflections: The Impact of Tumor Deposits on Survival of Patients with Stage III Colorectal Cancer
verfasst von:
Xuzhi Zheng, MM, Lechi Ye, MD
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Ausgabe 1/2024
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Excerpt
Tumor deposits (TDs) are defined as isolated tumor foci found in the pericolic or perirectal fat or adjacent mesenteric fat without histologic evidence of residual lymph nodes or identifiable vascular or neural structures in the nodule.
1 According to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging system, patients with tumor deposits are classified as stage N1c in the absence of lymph node metastasis. Recently, many studies have shown that tumor deposits are a poor prognostic indicator.
2‐4 In this context, ignoring the number of TDs in patients with lymph node metastasis and patients with stage N1c is not conducive to assessing the patient’s prognosis. …