title: [Evaluation of prognostic parameters in colorectal carcinoma. I. Histopathological variability].
abstract: A careful histopathological analysis was performed on a series of 244 unselected surgically removed primary colonic and rectal cancers. Tumours were staged according to the TNM system. Tumour type (adenocarcinoma or mucinous carcinoma), grade of differentiation, character of invasive margin, degree of peritumoural lymphocytic infiltration, venous and neural invasion were found to be correlated with the clinico-pathological stage and in some ways interrelated. As a whole our results seem to suggest that histological evaluation of the variables examined may provide information of clinical relevance in the management of patients with large bowel cancer.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di anatomia, istologia e citologia patologica, Università di Ferrara.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lanza
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borghi
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ballotta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferretti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morsiani
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Buccoliero
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Navarra
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Piva
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Facchini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cavazzini
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D016246:Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Valutazione di parametri prognostici nel carcinoma del colon-retto. I. Variabili istopatologiche.