Stomach, ileum, colon 1. Well-differentiated endocrine tumor (“carcinoid”) (A) Benign behavior Confined to mucosa–submucosa, nonangioinvasive Size: £1cm (stomach and small intestine) or £2 cm (colon) (B) Uncertain behavior Confined to mucosa–submucosa, angioinvasive Size:…
Fig.4.1 Examples of the planetary model of the atom are shown for (a) hydrogen () and (b) fluorine-18 (). Protons are indicated by the solid circles, neutrons by the hollow…
Definitions of TNM Primary tumor (T)a TX Primary tumor cannot be assessed T0 No evidence of primary tumor Tis High-grade dysplasiab T1 Tumor invades lamina propria, muscularis mucosae, or submucosa…
Fig. 28.1 Schematic representation of the sentinel lymph node concept. Assuming that lymph drainage from a solid tumor proceeds in an orderly way from lower-echelon to higher-echelon lymph nodes, the…
Primary tumor (T) TX Primary tumor cannot be assessed (e.g. curettaged or severely regressed melanoma) T0 No evidence of primary tumor Tis Melanoma in situ T1 Melanomas 1.0 mm or…
Fig. 6.1 Conventional dose-rate effect for cell killing as the dose rate is lowered from 150 to 1.6 cGy/min. The dashed curves represent the best fit to the data set…
Group T category N category M category Occult carcinoma TX N0 M0 Stage 0 Tis N0 M0 Stage IA T1a N0 M0 T1b N0 M0 Stage IB T2a N0 M0…
Fig. 22.1 Observed survival rates for 15,070 cases with carcinoma of the cervix uterus. Data from the National Cancer Data Base (Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons…
Cancer group ACCIS (%) SEER (%) Total 72 75 Leukemias 73 74 Lymphomas and reticuloendothelial neoplasms 84 83 CNS and miscellaneous intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms 64 66 Sympathetic nervous system…
