Study Examines Diagnostic Age, Patient Characteristics Association to Tumor Node Metastasis

Researchers found that the only parameters systematically associated with tumor node metastasis classes were age and tumor localization, according to a study published in BMC Cancer.

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Researchers collected data on TNM classes on 6,105 colorectal adenocarcinoma patients. Results showed that a young diagnosis age was a risk factor in aggressive CRC and that patients generally experienced modestly better prognoses for left-sided tumors compared to right-sided tumors. This supports previous evidence showing limited colonoscopy success with right-sided tumors.

Read the abstract about diagnostic age and tumor localization in CRC.

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