title: Pathological diagnosis of early colorectal carcinoma and its clinical implications.
abstract: This review consists of 6 sections: (1) pathological diversity of cancer and the correlation between 'zokushutsu' (budding/sprouting) and lymph node metastasis; (2) genetic analysis and metastasis in the gastrointestinal tract; (3) conditions requiring resection after endoscopic treatment; (4) improvement of methods used to measure depth of submucosal invasion in the Ip type; (5) Japanese morphological classification of colorectal neoplastic lesions in terms of the clinical pathology and genetics of laterally spreading tumors; (6) villous tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan. fuji@dokkyomed.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujimori
authors.forename: Shigehiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Natsuko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugihara
mesh_terms: D018253:Adenoma, Villous / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology; D003113:Colonoscopy; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology