‘Colon-aid’ the Yeovil District Bowel Cancer Support Group
Key topics covered were:-
What’s Radiology?
Imaging
Intervention
Colon Cancer – What does it do?
Starts
Grows
Spreads
Causes signs and symptoms
Intervention
Colon Cancer – What does it do?
Starts
Grows
Spreads
Causes signs and symptoms
Role of Radiology
Detection of PRIMARY tumour
Detection of spread – STAGE
Detection of relapse
Detection of response to treatment
Not great at type
No good for GRADE
Detection of spread – STAGE
Detection of relapse
Detection of response to treatment
Not great at type
No good for GRADE
Stage
Duke’s
TNM
TNM
Duke’s staging
A: Limited to bowel wall
B: Extends beyond the bowel wall but no lymph nodes involved
C: Lymph nodes involved
D: Secondary spread
B: Extends beyond the bowel wall but no lymph nodes involved
C: Lymph nodes involved
D: Secondary spread
TNM Staging: T for tumour
T1: Mucosa
T2: Within bowel wall
T3: Just outside bowel wall
T4: Invades adjacent organs
T2: Within bowel wall
T3: Just outside bowel wall
T4: Invades adjacent organs
TNM Staging N for nodes
N0: No nodes
N1: 1-3 regional nodes
N2: More than 3 nodes
N1: 1-
TMN Staging: M for metastases
M0: No metastases
M1: Metastases
M1: Metastases