Impact on colorectal cancer pathology reporting practice of migration from TNM 5 to TNM 8

TNM classification for lung cancer.

The international tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging system is the "international language" in cancer diagnosis and treatment. Six revisions of the TNM staging system for lung cancer have been repeated over the past 35 years after the beginning of UICC-TNM classification in 1968. The 1997 revision for lung cancer has undergone an extensive correction for many deficiencies of the old staging sy...

[The new TNM classification in lung cancer].

This paper presents the new TNM classification in lung cancer and its history. Seventh edition of tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) classification in lung cancer has been published by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) and the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) at the beginning of 2009. The changes were based upon the results of the international project of the International Assoc...

Individualized Cutoff Value of the Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen Level According to TNM Stage in Colorectal Cancer

levels of ≥4 ng/mL vs. <4 ng/mL, the relative risk was 1.4 (P < 0.07). The 2-year survival rates in the groups of patients with preoperative serum CEA levels >4 ng/mL and <4 ng/mL were 16% and 38%, respectively, for patients with Dukes’ stage D cancer, 73% and 91% for patients with Duke’s stage B/C cancer, and 100% and 98% for patients with Dukes’ stage A cancer. Also, Takagawa et al. [2] repor...

New TNM Classification for Lung Cancer Nueva clasificación TNM del cáncer de pulmón

Colorectal cancer pathology reporting: a regional audit.

AIMS To audit the information content of pathology reports of colorectal cancer specimens in one National Health Service region. METHODS All reports of colorectal cancer resection specimens from the 17 NHS histopathology laboratories in Wales during 1993 were evaluated against: (a) standards previously agreed as desirable by pathologists in Wales; and (b) standards considered to be the minimu...