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'''Tumour perforation in colorectal cancer''' is the conjunction of an intestinal perforation and a [[colorectal tumour]]. | '''Tumour perforation in colorectal cancer''' is the conjunction of an intestinal perforation and a [[colorectal 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> | |||
==Definitions== | |||
*The Royal College of Pathologists Australia (RCPA) defines tumour perforation 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> | |||
*The College of American Pathologists protocol (version 4.0.0.1) notes that: perforation proximal to the tumour is a poor prognosticator. | |||
**Perforation at the tumour and proximal to the tumour may not be that different. (???) | |||
*Banaszkiewicz ''et al.'' states that: the perforation site does ''not'' need to be at the anatomical site of the tumour.<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> | |||
==General== | ==General== | ||