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It is a [[clinical diagnosis]] based on the definition given by Banaszkiewicz ''et al.''<ref name=pmid25784840>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Banaszkiewicz | first1 = Z. | last2 = Woda | first2 = Ł. | last3 = Tojek | first3 = K. | last4 = Jarmocik | first4 = P. | last5 = Jawień | first5 = A. | title = Colorectal cancer with intestinal perforation - a retrospective analysis of treatment outcomes. | journal = Contemp Oncol (Pozn) | volume = 18 | issue = 6 | pages = 414-8 | month =  | year = 2014 | doi = 10.5114/wo.2014.46362 | PMID = 25784840 }}</ref> <!-- the perforation site does ''not'' need to be at the anatomical site of the tumour. -->
It is a [[clinical diagnosis]] based on the definition given by Banaszkiewicz ''et al.''<ref name=pmid25784840>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Banaszkiewicz | first1 = Z. | last2 = Woda | first2 = Ł. | last3 = Tojek | first3 = K. | last4 = Jarmocik | first4 = P. | last5 = Jawień | first5 = A. | title = Colorectal cancer with intestinal perforation - a retrospective analysis of treatment outcomes. | journal = Contemp Oncol (Pozn) | volume = 18 | issue = 6 | pages = 414-8 | month =  | year = 2014 | doi = 10.5114/wo.2014.46362 | PMID = 25784840 }}</ref> <!-- the perforation site does ''not'' need to be at the anatomical site of the tumour. -->
The Royal College of Pathologists Australia (RCPA) defines it as: perforation at the site of the tumour.<ref>URL: [https://www.rcpa.edu.au/Library/Practising-Pathology/Macroscopic-Cut-Up/Specimen/Gastrointestinal/Colorectal/Colorectal-tumour https://www.rcpa.edu.au/Library/Practising-Pathology/Macroscopic-Cut-Up/Specimen/Gastrointestinal/Colorectal/Colorectal-tumour]. Accessed on: June 21, 2018.</ref>


==General==
==General==

Revision as of 20:14, 21 June 2018

Tumour perforation in colorectal cancer is the conjunction of an intestinal perforation and a colorectal tumour.

It is a clinical diagnosis based on the definition given by Banaszkiewicz et al.[1]

The Royal College of Pathologists Australia (RCPA) defines it as: perforation at the site of the tumour.[2]

General

  • Poor prognosticator.[3]
  • Does not affect the (overall) stage; however, it been suggested that perforated colorectal carcinoma be considered stage IV.[4]

See also

References

  1. Banaszkiewicz, Z.; Woda, Ł.; Tojek, K.; Jarmocik, P.; Jawień, A. (2014). "Colorectal cancer with intestinal perforation - a retrospective analysis of treatment outcomes.". Contemp Oncol (Pozn) 18 (6): 414-8. doi:10.5114/wo.2014.46362. PMID 25784840.
  2. URL: https://www.rcpa.edu.au/Library/Practising-Pathology/Macroscopic-Cut-Up/Specimen/Gastrointestinal/Colorectal/Colorectal-tumour. Accessed on: June 21, 2018.
  3. Anwar, MA.; D'Souza, F.; Coulter, R.; Memon, B.; Khan, IM.; Memon, MA. (Aug 2006). "Outcome of acutely perforated colorectal cancers: experience of a single district general hospital.". Surg Oncol 15 (2): 91-6. doi:10.1016/j.suronc.2006.09.001. PMID 17049848.
  4. Ogawa, M.; Watanabe, M.; Eto, K.; Omachi, T.; Kosuge, M.; Hanyu, K.; Noaki, L.; Fujita, T. et al. (May 2009). "Clinicopathological features of perforated colorectal cancer.". Anticancer Res 29 (5): 1681-4. PMID 19443386.