Open AccessTNM staging of colorectal cancer should be reconsidered by T stage weighting
Author(s) -
Jun Li,
Baining Guo,
Li-Rong Sun,
Jianwei Wang,
Xianhua Fu,
Suzhan Zhang,
Graeme Poston,
KeFeng Ding
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v20.i17.5104
Subject(s) - colorectal cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , medicine , t stage , cancer , tnm staging system , relative survival , oncology , gastroenterology , staging system , cancer registry , biology , paleontology
To verify that the T stage has greater weight than the N stage in the staging of colorectal cancer.