Tumor deposits negatively impact colon cancer survival, but the AJCC tumor, lymph node, and metastasis (TNM) staging system only considers these deposits in the absence of positive lymph nodes.

In 2018, the AJCC/UICC introduced the current system. The TNM staging system assigns a number after each letter to indicate the size of tumors and whether or not cancer has spread, as described in ...

TNM stands for Tumour, Node, and Metastasis. It's one of the staging systems for bone cancer. Doctors may also use the number staging system. The stage of a cancer tells the doctor about its size and ...