The tumor can be any size. It may or may not include affected lymph nodes. Get information about treatments for stage IV colon cancer. Rectal cancer is staged much the same way as colon cancer ...

Stage 3 (3A, 3B, 3C): The cancer has grown into the rectal wall and has spread to the lymph nodes nearby. Stage 4 (4A, 4B): The cancer has spread to organs away from the rectum such as the liver or ...

Corresponding results were published as a cover article entitled "Deep learning–based fully automated detection and segmentation of lymph nodes on multiparametric-MRI for rectal cancer ...

Participants all had stage 2 or 3 rectal adenocarcinoma. This means that their cancer had spread to the lymph nodes but that their tumors had not metastasized. In addition, all of the patients ...

Robotic surgery for rectal cancer is gaining popularity ... 7.1%; 95% CI, 6 to 0.5) and more lymph nodes harvested (median, 15 vs. 14; P = .004). Much debate and discussion continues regarding ...

Further research is needed to evaluate long-term outcomes, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of robotic APR in rectal cancer treatment ... of harvested lymph nodes and recurrence, and included ...