title: A critical reappraisal of Dukes' classification.
abstract: The aim of this survey has been to stress the need of a uniform classification of tumor spread. This requires a standard procedure for processing the surgical specimens. An international standardization would permit a more objective comparison of the results of treatment and survival of carcinoma of the colon and rectum in different clinics.
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology