Case List History Objectives Radiology Images Questions COLORECTAL DISEASE Case #8 - A 55 year old male with 3 months rectal bleeding DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 7.) How do you stage clinically and pathologically adenocarcinoma of the rectum? TNM staging classification of carcinoma of the rectum: T1 - involving mucosa and submucosa T2 - invading muscularis propria T3 - invading the perirectal fat T4 - invading other organs or tissues N1 - 3 or less nodes in perirectal area N2 - 4 or more nodes in perirectal area N3 - nodes along named vessels M0 - no distant metastases M1 - distant metastases Stage I - T1-2, N0, M0 Stage II - T3-4, N0, M0 Stage III - any T, N1-3, M0 Stage IV - any T, any N, M1
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