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| T4a  
| T4a  
| invasion of the visceral peritoneum
| invasion of the visceral peritoneum
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| tumour within 1 mm is ''not'' T4a; however, it should prompt cutting [[deepers]] and taking more sections
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| T4b  
| T4b  
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===Nodes stage===
===Nodal stage===
Nodal stage as per AJCC 7th edition:<ref name=Ref_AJCC7HB198>{{Ref AJCC7HB|198}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"  
{| class="wikitable sortable"  
! Stage
! Stage
! Criteria
! Criteria
! Notes
|-
|-
|N0  
|N0  
| no positive nodes
| no positive nodes
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|-
|-
| N1a  
| N1a  
| 1 positive node
| 1 positive node
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|-
|-
| N1b  
| N1b  
| 2-3 positive nodes
| 2-3 positive nodes
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|-
|-
| N1c  
| N1c  
| [[tumour deposit|tumour deposit(s)]] present with all lymph nodes negative
| [[tumour deposit|tumour deposit(s)]] present with all lymph nodes negative
| lesion must be in the drainage bed of the tumour; lesions ''not'' in the drainage bed are M1b
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|-
| N2a  
| N2a  
| 4-6 positive nodes
| 4-6 positive nodes
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|-
|-
| N2b  
| N2b  
| 7+ positive nodes
| 7+ positive nodes
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|}
|}


Notes:
Notes:
*Memory device for N2 = 4+ positive LNs: the number ''four'' in chinese sounds like ''death''.<ref>URL: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture#Four http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture#Four]. Accessed on: 28 June 2011.</ref>
*Memory device for N2 = 4+ positive LNs: the number ''four'' in chinese sounds like ''death''.<ref>URL: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture#Four http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture#Four]. Accessed on: 28 June 2011.</ref>
*Tumour deposits are counted separately.
**Tumour deposits are ''not'' considered lymph nodes.
===Metastasis stage===
Metastasis stage as per AJCC 7th edition:<ref name=Ref_AJCC7HB198>{{Ref AJCC7HB|198}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Stage
! Criteria
! Notes
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| M1a
| one organ only
| [[lung metastasis|lung]], [[liver metastasis|liver]], ovary or nonregional [[lymph node]]
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| M1b
| more than one organ or peritoneal involvement
| [[tumour deposit]]s are in the drainage bed of the tumour - they are not classified as metastases
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===Overall stage===
===Overall stage===
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*Stage IIIC - Tx N2.  
*Stage IIIC - Tx N2.  
*Stage IV - Tx Nx M1.
*Stage IV - Tx Nx M1.
Note:
*[[Tumour perforation in colorectal cancer]] is poor prognosticator;<ref name=pmid17049848>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Anwar | first1 = MA. | last2 = D'Souza | first2 = F. | last3 = Coulter | first3 = R. | last4 = Memon | first4 = B. | last5 = Khan | first5 = IM. | last6 = Memon | first6 = MA. | title = Outcome of acutely perforated colorectal cancers: experience of a single district general hospital. | journal = Surg Oncol | volume = 15 | issue = 2 | pages = 91-6 | month = Aug | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1016/j.suronc.2006.09.001 | PMID = 17049848 }}</ref> however, it does ''not'' affect the (overall) stage. It been suggested that perforated colorectal carcinoma be considered stage IV.<ref name=pmid19443386>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ogawa | first1 = M. | last2 = Watanabe | first2 = M. | last3 = Eto | first3 = K. | last4 = Omachi | first4 = T. | last5 = Kosuge | first5 = M. | last6 = Hanyu | first6 = K. | last7 = Noaki | first7 = L. | last8 = Fujita | first8 = T. | last9 = Yanaga | first9 = K. | title = Clinicopathological features of perforated colorectal cancer. | journal = Anticancer Res | volume = 29 | issue = 5 | pages = 1681-4 | month = May | year = 2009 | doi =  | PMID = 19443386 }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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