Review article
Protocol for the primary colon and rectum carcinoma specimen examination
Jasminka Jakić-Razumović
Abstract
The College of American Pathologists offerd protocol to assist pathologists in providing clinically useful and relevant information when reporting results of colon cancer surgical specimen examination. These recommendations are accepted by Croatian Society of Pathology and forensic medicine, were published and recommended for evary-day pathologists work. These protocols are an educational tool to assist pathologists in the useful reporting of relevant information and applies to all primary carcinomas of the colon and rectum. Currently, the seventh edition TNM staging system for carcinoma of the colon and rectum of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) and the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) is recommended.
Keywords
colon carcinoma; prognostic factors; predictive factors
Hrčak ID:
139038
URI
Publication date:
14.5.2015.
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