title: Colon cancer: do we need a staging system?
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Frederick L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Cera
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016019:Survival Analysis