title: [A critical review of the history of the systems for staging colorectal cancer].
abstract: A great debate is still open in literature about the available staging systems of colorectal cancer. Therefore, an historical analysis of the several systems suggested in the last decades was performed; pathological, clinicopathological and more recent score clinicopathological staging systems were evaluated. From this historical review it appears that subsequent modifications of various classifications allowed only for a poor improvement in predictivity. A more careful histopathological examination of surgical specimen and more exact information about involvement of other organs and tissues allow a correct classification of patients affected by colorectal cancer independently of the staging system used.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica Generale e Terapia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Parma.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carreras
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sarli
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pietra
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Longinotti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gafà
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peracchia
mesh_terms: D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000266:history
vernacular_title: Rivisitazione critica della storia dei sistemi di stadiazione del cancro colo-rettale.