The new 'coN' staging system combining lymph node metastasis and tumour deposit provides a more accurate prognosis for TNM stage III colon cancer.
Xitao WangWei ChengXiaolin DouFengbo TanShipeng YanZhongyi ZhouYuqiang LiBiaoxiang XuChongshun LiuHeming GeMengxiang TianFangchun LiuLiling LiSai ZhangQingling LiHaiping PeiQian PeiPublished in: Cancer medicine (2022)
Not only the presence but also the number of TDs is associated with poor prognosis in stage III colon cancer. A combined N staging system integrating LNM and TD provides more accurate prognostic prediction than the latest AJCC N staging in stage III colon cancer.