Pathological Diagnosis of Early Colorectal Carcinoma and Its Clinical Implications
Author(s) -
Takahiro Fujimori,
Shigehiko Fujii,
Natsuko Saito,
Kenichi Sugihara
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
digestion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.882
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1421-9867
pISSN - 0012-2823
DOI - 10.1159/000167865
Subject(s) - pathological , tumor budding , colorectal cancer , pathology , medicine , metastasis , gastrointestinal tract , lymph node , cancer , lymph node metastasis
This review consists of 6 sections: (1) pathological diversity of cancer and the correlation between 'zokushutsu' (budding/sprouting) and lymph node metastasis; (2) genetic analysis and metastasis in the gastrointestinal tract; (3) conditions requiring resection after endoscopic treatment; (4) improvement of methods used to measure depth of submucosal invasion in the Ip type; (5) Japanese morphological classification of colorectal neoplastic lesions in terms of the clinical pathology and genetics of laterally spreading tumors; (6) villous tumors.
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