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Colorectal carcinomas with submucosal invasion (pT1): analysis of histopathological and molecular factors predicting lymph node metastasis.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Jan 2017
Pai Reetesh K, Cheng Yu-Wei, Jakubowski Maureen A, Shadrach Bonnie L, Plesec Thomas P, Pai Rish K
Abstract excerpt
Submucosally invasive colorectal carcinoma (pT1) has the potential to be cured by local excision. In US surgical intervention is reserved for tumors with high-grade morphology, lymphvascular invasion, and close/positive margin. In other countries, particularly Japan, surgical therapy is also recommended for mucinous tumors, tumors with >1000 μm of submucosal invasion, and those with high tumor budding. These...
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