Colorectal Cancer Research Consortium Minimum Dataset

29 Aug 2007
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Colorectal cancer is currently the most common cancer diagnosed in Australia and has the second highest incidence of cancer related deaths. Recent advances have been made with regard to the biological understanding of this disease and its treatment, with new surgical, chemotherapeutic and radiotherapeutic strategies now available.

Histopathological reporting of resection specimens for colorectal cancer provides important information both for the clinical management of the affected patient and for the evaluation of health care as a whole. For the patient it confirms the diagnosis and describes the variables that will affect prognosis, all of which will inform future clinical management.

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