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Chapter 8 ♦ Lower Gastrointestinal Disorders

Tumor status

Limited to mucosa and submucosa (T 1 )

Invasion into, but not beyond, muscularis propria (T 2 )

Penetration into adjacent structure (T 4 )

Penetration of full thickness of bowel wall (T 3 )

Node status

Systemic status

Lymph nodes normal (N 0 ) SAMPLE No distant metastasis (M 0 )

Distant metastasis (M 1 )

Lymph nodes metastasis (N 1 )

A

Figure 8-28: A: Staging of colon carcinoma. (continued)