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Colorectal cancer staging (view source)
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==TNM staging system== | ==TNM staging system== | ||
*" | *"[[Colorectal adenocarcinoma in situ]]" and "high-grade dysplasia" is used interchangeably by many in the colon and rectum. | ||
**Splitting hairs - ''adenocarcinoma in situ'' is ''invasion into the lamina propria'', high-grade dysplasia does not have lamina propria invasion. Ergo, the difference amounts to seeing a [[desmoplastic stroma]] (adenocarcinoma) or not seeing one (dysplasia). | **Splitting hairs - ''adenocarcinoma in situ'' is ''invasion into the lamina propria'', high-grade dysplasia does not have lamina propria invasion. Ergo, the difference amounts to seeing a [[desmoplastic stroma]] (adenocarcinoma) or not seeing one (dysplasia). | ||