Preoperative Staging
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Preoperative Staging
Colorectal Cancer: Preoperative Evaluation and Staging- Key Concepts
- Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer
- Screening and Diagnostic Modalities
- Fecal Sampling
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Computed Tomography (CT) Colonography
- Colonoscopy
- Delineating Colon Versus Rectum
- Staging and Workup of Colon and Rectal Cancer
- Preoperative Evaluation
- Prognostic Factors Associated with Overall and Disease-Free Survival
- Pathologic Features: Pre-Resection
- Lymphovascular Invasion (LVI)
- Perineural Invasion (PNI)
- Tumor Budding
- Mismatch Repair (MMR) Deficient or Microsatellite Instability-High (MSI) Status
- Tumor Grade
- Histologic Type
- Pathologic Factors: Post-Resection
- Extranodal Tumor Deposits
- Clinical or Imaging-Based Factors
- Conclusion
- References
Malignancy- A 68-year-old man is diagnosed with a 2.5-cm adenocarcinoma of the ascending colon on colonoscopy. His carcinoembryonic antigen level is 1.5. What is the next step in management?
- A 57-year-old man is taken to the operating room for resection of a distal transverse colon cancer. On exploration, you note direct extension of the mass to the posterior gastric body. What is the next step in management?
- A 64-year-old woman underwent laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy for adenocarcinoma. Staging workup was negative for distant metastases. Preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen level was 4.1 ng/mL (4.1 μg/L). Proximal, distal, and radial margins were negative. Which of the following findings on final pathology confers the poorest prognosis?
- A 56-year-old man presents to the office with biopsy-proven midrectal adenocarcinoma on colonoscopy. Rigid sigmoidoscopy in the office shows a 5-cm circumferential mass 8 cm from the anal verge. Staging evaluation with computed tomography of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis and magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvis preoperatively demonstrates a T3N1M0 cancer. What is the next step in management for this patient?
Local Excision
Management of Rectal Cancer (2020)
Malignancy- A 70-year-old woman with a medical history of hypertension and hypothyroidism reports rectal bleeding, maroon blood mixed in with her stool, and weight loss to her primary care physician. She is referred to undergo diagnostic colonoscopy. She is found to have a hepatic flexure mass with biopsies taken and tattoo placed distally, with pathology returning as moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma, mismatch repair (MMR) protein expression intact. Laboratory testing includes a complete blood count, basic chemistry, and carcinoembyronic antigen (CEA) with findings of anemia and a mildly elevated CEA level. What imaging is recommended for completion of the staging work-up in this patient?
- A 62-year-old woman is found to have a large near-obstructing sigmoid cancer on colonoscopy; biopsy returns as adenocarcinoma. Preoperative staging includes a carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level of 8 ng/mL, and imaging shows a few prominent lymph nodes near the sigmoid lesion. She is referred for surgical management. Frozen section on peritoneal nodules found near the lesion return as adenocarcinoma, and oncological resection is completed. Which of the following is the best determinant of the prognosis for this patient?
Preoperative Evaluation in Colorectal Patients
Indications for Preoperative Neoadjuvant Therapy
Perioperative
Minimally Invasive Complete Mesocolic Excision with Extended Lymphadenectomy for Colon Cancer
Fundamentals of Rectal Cancer Surgery
Rectal Cancer Pathology Assessment
Colonic Diverticular Disease
Management of Colon Cancer (2022)
Rectal Cancer: Neoadjuvant Therapy
Rectal Cancer: Local Excision
About ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Endoscopy
Anal Cancer
Benign Disease
Indications for Extended Resection
Colon Cancer Surgical Treatment: Principles of Colectomy
Adjuvant Therapy for Rectal Adenocarcinoma
Management of Appendiceal Neoplasms (2025)
Appendiceal Neoplasms
Management of Appendiceal Neoplasms (2019)
Colorectal Cancer: Postoperative Adjuvant Therapy and Surveillance


