Colorectal
Carcinoma
Cadet Ye Htut
Cadet Ye Sithu Aung
Year 5 – Group B
22.7.2024
Contents
 Anatomy
 Epidemiology
 Aetiology
 Pathology
 Spread
 Staging
 Clinical features
 Investigations
 Management
Anatomy of Colon
 Length – 1.5m (5 feet)
 Parts – Caecum with appendix, ascending colon, hepatic
flexure, transverse colon, splenic flexure, descend colon, sigmoid
colon
 Characteristic features
 3 taneniae coli
 Appendices apiploicae
 haustration
Blood supply
• Ileo-colic artery
• Right colic artery
• Middle colic artery
• Left colic artery
• Sigmoid artery
• Superior rectal artery
• Marginal artery of
Drummond
Anatomy of Rectum
 Length – 12-18cm
 Start – S3
 End – Coccyx (anorectal
junction)
 Parts
 Upper third 4 cm
 Middle third 4cm (ampulla
of rectum)
 Lower third 4 cm
Relations of the rectum
 Anterior
 Bladder
 Seminal vesicles and prostate (males)
 Denonvillier’s fasia (males)
 Pouch of Douglas and rectovaginal septum (females)
 Uterus and cervix (females)
 Ureters
 Lateral
 Lateral ligaments and middle rectal artery
 Obturator internus muscle and side wall of pelvis
 Pelvic autonomic plexus
 Levator ani muscle
Relations of the rectum
 Posterior
 Sacrum and coccyx
 Waldeyer’s fascial condensation
 Superior rectal artery and lymphatics
 Hypogastric nerves
Relations of the rectum
Blood supply
• Superior rectal artery
• Middle rectal artery
• Inferior rectal artery
What is colorectal cancer?
 Colorectal cancer starts in the colon or the rectum.
 Colon cancer and rectal cancer are often grouped together
because they have many features in common.
 Cancer starts when cells in the body start to grow out of control.
Epidemiology
 Second most common causes of cancer death in UK
 One-third of diseases in rectum and two-thirds in colon
 Men : women = 3 : 1
 Peak age of incidence 45-65 but is increasing in younger ages
 Occurs frequently in resource-poor world than in resource-rich
countries
Aetiology
1. Genectics
 APC (adenomatous polyposis coli) gene mutation(chromosome
5) – 60% of cases
 FAP (familial adenomatous polyposis)
 Autosomal dominant inherited disease due to mutation of APC gene
 >100 colonic adenomas are diagnostic
 Prophylactic surgery is indicated to prevent colorectal cancer
 Polyps and malignant tumours can develop in the duodenum and
small bowel
FAP (Familial adenomatous polyps)-
usually visible on sigmoidoscopy by
the age of 15 years.
 HNPCC (hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer) or Lynch’s
syndrome
 Autosomal dominant
 Mutation in one of the DNA mismatch repair genes
 Increase risk of colorectal cancer and cancers of endometrium, ovary,
stomach and small intestine
 Risk of cancer – 80%
 Mean age – 45 years
 Site – proximal colon
 Females – 30-50% risk of Ca endometrium
Aetiology
2. Diets
 dietary fibres decrease risk
 dietary animal fat increases risk
3. Life style
 Smoking
 alcohol drinking
4. Predisposing conditions
 Inflammatory bowel diseases (UC and Crohn)
 Cholecystectomy
 Strong family history of colorectal cancer
Pathology
 Macroscopically
1. Annular
2. Tubular
3. Ulcer
4. Cauliflower
 Microscopically
 Columnar cell
adenocarcinoma
Distribution of
colorectal cancer by
site
 Most large bowel
cancers arise from the
left colon
Spread
 Direct spread
 Ureter, duodenum and posterior abdominal wall muscles
 Adjacent organs or anterior abdominal wall
 Lymphatic spread
 Progress from closest to central nodes
 Blood-borne metastases
 Liver by portal vein, lung, ovary, brain, kidney and bone
 Transcoelomically spread
 From the serosa of bowel or subperitoneal lymphatics
 Peritoneum, ovary and omentum
Staging colon cancer
 Based on pathological reporting to predict prognosis and guide
adjuvant treatment
 Two systems
 Dukes’ classification
 TNM system
 TNM system is regarded as the international standard.
Staging colon cancer
 Dukes’ staging for colorectal cancer
 A : invasion of but not breaching the muscularis propria
 B : breaching the muscularis propria but not involving the lymph
nodes
 C : lymph node involved
 Dukes himself never describes a stage D, but this is often
used to describe metastatic disease.
Dukes’ staging for colorectal cancer
Staging colon cancer
 TNM classification for colonic cancer
 T Tumour stage
• T1 Into submucosa
• T2 Into muscularis propria
• T3 Into pericolic fat or subserosa fat but not breaching serosa
• T4 Breach serosa or directly involving another organ
 N Nodal stage
• N0 No nodes involved
• N1 1-3 nodes involved
• N2 Four or more nodes involved
 M Metastases
• M0 No metastases
• M1 Metastases
TNM classification for colonic cancer
Clinical features
 Depends on site of the tumour
 Right sided (caecum and ascending) location
• Mass in RIF
• Iron deficiency anaemia
 Descending-sigmoid location
• PR bleeding – typically dark red, mixed with stool, sometime clotted
• Change in bowel habit – typically increase frequency, varieable
consistency, mucus PR, bloating and flatulence
• Colicky abdominal pain
• Abdominal distension
Clinical features
 Transverse location
• Mass in epigastrium
• Iron deficiency anaemia
 Emergency presentations
• Occurs in 20% of cases
• Large bowel obstruction (colicky pain, bloating, bowel not open)
• Perforation with peritonitis
• Acute PR bleeding
Clinical features
 Features due to blood-borne metastases
• Liver – hepatomegaly and jaundice
• Lungs – cough, chest pain and haemoptysis
• Bone – bone pain
• Brain – fits and headache
Investigations
 Screening
• Fecal occult blood test (FOBT)
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy
• Colonoscopy
• Air contract barium enema (ACBE)
• CT colonography
Endoscopy
 Good for direct visualization of tumor
 Can take biopsy for histological assessment
 Two types of scope for lower GI
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy (60 cm long )
• Colonoscopy (120-180 cm long ) - gold standard
investigation highly sensitive and specific and can detect
adenomas, polyps, synchronous tumors.
Radiology
 Barium enema X ray
• useful for visualizing of right
side of large bowel
• persistent irregular filling
defect with apple core
deformity
• biopsy is no possible and small
lesions may be missed
Fig: Apple Core appearance in CA colon
 CT scan
• virtual colonoscopy, which is extremely sensitive in picking up
polyps down to a size of 6mm
• used as a diagnostic tool in patients with palpable abdominal
masses
• CT of the chest, abdomen and pelvis represents the standard
means of staging colorectal cancer
• biopsy cannot be taken
 PET scan
• Good for assessment of loco-regional lymph nodes, primary tumossr
and distant metastasis
Ultrasound abdomen
•Shows metastasis in liver before and after
surgery
•Detects tumor, ascites, lymph node
enlargement and hydronephrosis
MRI
•Requires additional staging for local spread
Laboratory
 For preoperative assessment
• Blood for complete picture
• BTCT, PT
• Sugar, electrolyte
• Urea and creatinine
• Liver function test
• ECG
• Grouping and matching
Management
 Potentially curative treatment suitable for technically resectable
tumors with no evidence of metastasis
 Surgical resection (with lymphadenectomy) is the only curative
treatment. Typical operations are
• Right and transverse – right or extended right hemicolectomy
• Left - left hemicolectomy
• Sigmoid – sigmoid colectomy
 Laparoscopic surgery
• Short-term benefits for patient recovery
• Reduced hospital stay, earlier return of bowel function
• Reduced morbidity in comparison with open surgery
Extended right hemicolectomy Left hemicolectomy
Sigmoid colectomy
Preoperative preparation
 Optimus fitness
• General condition of patient
• Respiratory and nutritional status
• If obstructed emergency, resuscitation, adequate rehydration,
correction of electrolytes imbalance
 Counselling and consent
 Bowel preparation
• For 48 hours before surgery, liquid diet only and two sachets of
picolux to purge the colon
• Rectal washout
• In emergency, on-table colonic lavage
 Prophylactic antibiotics
• Immediately before the start of surgery
 Prophylactic lower molecular weight heparin
• For deep vein thrombosis prevention
 Neo-adjuvant therapy
Cont.
Emergency surgery
 In the obstructed emergency cases, the primary relief of obstruction with
a primary resection or colostomy is done
 In right sided, usually possible to perform a right hemicolectomy and
anastomosis in the usual manner
 If perforation, bring out an ileocolostomy rather than forming an
anastomosis
 In left sided, the decision lies between a Hartmann’s procedure or
resection and anastomosis
 An expanding endoluminal metal stent can be treated
 Three stage procedure – primary decompression, resection of tumour at
a later date and closure of colostomy
Postoperative care
 Hydration and monitoring of electrolytes
 Prophylactic antibiotics – cephalosporin and metronidazole
 Analgesia
 Catheterization
 Careful nursing and dressing wound
 Early enteral feeding
 DVT prophylaxis
 Care of colostomy
 Palliative treatment
• For unresectable metastases or unresectable tumors,
right sided - ileocolic bypass
left sided - colostomy
 Radiotherapy
 Chemotherapy
 Hepatic Metastasis
• Can be resected and series have demonstrated 5 year survival of
over 30% in resectable disease
Rectal Carcinoma
Staging of rectal cancer
 Dukes’ staging
 A : The growth is limited to rectal wall (15%)
 B : The growth extends to extra rectal tissues, but without metastases to
the regional lymph node (35%)
 C : Secondary deposit in the regional lymph node.
 C1 : Local para rectal lymph node alone are involved.
 C2 : The nodes accompanying the supplying blood vessels to their origin
from the aorta are involved.
Staging of rectal cancer
 TNM staging – radiological staging
 T represents the extent of local spread
 TX : Primary tumour cannot be assessed.
 T0 : No evidence of primary tumour
 Tis : intraepithelial or invasion of the lamina propria
 T1 : tumour invades the submucosa
 T2 : tumour invades the muscularis propria
 T3 : tumour invades through the muscularis propria to the pericolorectal
tissues
 T4a : tumour penetrates the surface of the visceral peritoneum
 T4b : tumour directly invades or is adherent to other organs or structures
 N describes the nodal involvement
 NX : regional node cannot be assessed
 N0 : no regional lymph node metastases
 N1 : metastases in 1-3 regional lymph nodes
 N1a : in one regional lymph node
 N1b : in 2-3 regional lymph nodes
 N1c : tumour deposit in the subserosa, mesentery or pericolic or
perirectal tissues without regional nodes metastases
 N2 : metastases in 4 or more regional lymph nodes
 N2a : in 4-6 regional lymph nodes
 N2b : in 7 or more regional lymph nodes
 M indicates the presence of metastasis
 M0 : no distant metastasis
 M1 : distant metastasis
 M1a : metastasis confined to one organ or site
 M1b : metastasis in more than one organs
Clinical features
 Features due to primary tumor
1. Bleeding per rectum – earliest and most common symptom
2. Sense of incomplete defecation – important early symptom
3. Alteration of bowel habit – increasing constipation and early morning
bloody diarrhea
4. Pain – late symptom
1. Colicky pain : IO due to advanced carcinoma of rectosigmoid
junction
2. Severe pain in SPA : invasion of prostate or bladder
3. Back pain or sciatica : invasion of sacral plexus
 Features due to blood-borne metastases
• Liver – hepatomegaly and jaundice
• Lungs – cough, chest pain and hemoptysis
• Bone – bone pain
• Brain – fits and headache
 On PR examination
 Early case – a nodule with an indurated base
 Ulcerated type – shallow depression with raised and everted edges
 Lower margin of tumor – distant from anal verge
 Examining finger – smeared with blood stained mucopurulent discharge
 On proctoscopy examination, good for
 Direct visualization of tumor
 Can take Punch biopsy ( Yeoman’s biopsy forceps)
 For female, vaginal examination and bimanual examination done
for anterior tumor
Investigations
 Endoscopy
 Rigid sigmoidoscopy
 Colonoscopy
 Radiology
 Barium enema X ray
 CT scan
 MRI for staging
 PET scan for distant metastasis
Laboratory Investigations
 For preoperative assessment
• Blood for complete picture
• BTCT, PT
• Sugar, electrolyte
• Urea and creatinine
• Liver function test
• ECG
• Grouping and matching
Management
 Curative procedure
• Surgical resection
 Palliative procedure
• Surgical by pass and stoma
• Radiotherapy
• Chemotherapy
Surgery
 Surgery remains the mainstay of curative treatment for carcinoma
of rectum
 Surgical management depends on the stage and location of the
tumor within the rectum
 The general principles of a surgical approach remain the removal of
all gross and microscopic disease with negative proximal, distal, and
circumferential margins
 Reserve intestinal continuity and the sphincter mechanism
whenever possible while still maximizing tumor control
Different surgical options
 For early cancers ; limited surgeries like
• Polypectomy
• Transanal excision
• Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM)
 For advanced cancers
• Low anterior resection (LAR) or
• Abdominoperineal resection (APR)
 Trans-anal excision
• Selected T1, N0 early stage cancers
• Small (<3cm)
• Well to moderately differentiated tumors
• Within 8cm of the anal verge
• Limited to less than 30% of the rectal circumference
• No evidence of nodal involvement
 Abdominoperineal resection (APR)
• The gold standard for surgical resection of distal rectal cancer
located within 6cm of the anal verge.
• This procedure requires a transabdominal as well as a transperineal
approach with removal of the entire rectum and sphincter
complex.
• A permanent end colostomy is created and the perineal wound
either closed primarily or left to granulate in after closure of the
musculature
 Low anterior resection
• Sphincter saving operation
• Suitable for tumors of upper third, middle third and even some
tumor of lower third
 Laparoscopic resection
• Short-term benefits for patient recovery
• Reduced hospital stay, earlier return of bowel function
• Reduced morbidity in comparison with open surgery
 Other operations
• Hartmann’s operation
• Palliative colostomy
 Adjuvant therapy
• Only radiotherapy
• Radiotherapy + chemotherapy
 Other palliative procedures
• Self expanding metal stent (SEMS)
Prognosis
References
 Bailey and Love’s Short Practice of Surgery ( Norman S. Williams,
Ronan O’Connel, Andrew W. McCaskie ).27th
Edition. 2018
 Oxford Handbook of Clinical Surgery. 4th
Edition. 2013
 Harold Ellis and Vishy Mahadevan’s Clinical Anatomy. 13rd
Edition.
2013
 www.radiopaedia.com
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  • 1.
    Colorectal Carcinoma Cadet Ye Htut CadetYe Sithu Aung Year 5 – Group B 22.7.2024
  • 2.
    Contents  Anatomy  Epidemiology Aetiology  Pathology  Spread  Staging  Clinical features  Investigations  Management
  • 3.
    Anatomy of Colon Length – 1.5m (5 feet)  Parts – Caecum with appendix, ascending colon, hepatic flexure, transverse colon, splenic flexure, descend colon, sigmoid colon  Characteristic features  3 taneniae coli  Appendices apiploicae  haustration
  • 5.
    Blood supply • Ileo-colicartery • Right colic artery • Middle colic artery • Left colic artery • Sigmoid artery • Superior rectal artery • Marginal artery of Drummond
  • 6.
    Anatomy of Rectum Length – 12-18cm  Start – S3  End – Coccyx (anorectal junction)  Parts  Upper third 4 cm  Middle third 4cm (ampulla of rectum)  Lower third 4 cm
  • 7.
    Relations of therectum  Anterior  Bladder  Seminal vesicles and prostate (males)  Denonvillier’s fasia (males)  Pouch of Douglas and rectovaginal septum (females)  Uterus and cervix (females)  Ureters  Lateral  Lateral ligaments and middle rectal artery  Obturator internus muscle and side wall of pelvis  Pelvic autonomic plexus  Levator ani muscle
  • 8.
    Relations of therectum  Posterior  Sacrum and coccyx  Waldeyer’s fascial condensation  Superior rectal artery and lymphatics  Hypogastric nerves
  • 9.
  • 10.
    Blood supply • Superiorrectal artery • Middle rectal artery • Inferior rectal artery
  • 11.
    What is colorectalcancer?  Colorectal cancer starts in the colon or the rectum.  Colon cancer and rectal cancer are often grouped together because they have many features in common.  Cancer starts when cells in the body start to grow out of control.
  • 12.
    Epidemiology  Second mostcommon causes of cancer death in UK  One-third of diseases in rectum and two-thirds in colon  Men : women = 3 : 1  Peak age of incidence 45-65 but is increasing in younger ages  Occurs frequently in resource-poor world than in resource-rich countries
  • 13.
    Aetiology 1. Genectics  APC(adenomatous polyposis coli) gene mutation(chromosome 5) – 60% of cases  FAP (familial adenomatous polyposis)  Autosomal dominant inherited disease due to mutation of APC gene  >100 colonic adenomas are diagnostic  Prophylactic surgery is indicated to prevent colorectal cancer  Polyps and malignant tumours can develop in the duodenum and small bowel
  • 14.
    FAP (Familial adenomatouspolyps)- usually visible on sigmoidoscopy by the age of 15 years.
  • 15.
     HNPCC (hereditarynon-polyposis colorectal cancer) or Lynch’s syndrome  Autosomal dominant  Mutation in one of the DNA mismatch repair genes  Increase risk of colorectal cancer and cancers of endometrium, ovary, stomach and small intestine  Risk of cancer – 80%  Mean age – 45 years  Site – proximal colon  Females – 30-50% risk of Ca endometrium
  • 16.
    Aetiology 2. Diets  dietaryfibres decrease risk  dietary animal fat increases risk 3. Life style  Smoking  alcohol drinking 4. Predisposing conditions  Inflammatory bowel diseases (UC and Crohn)  Cholecystectomy  Strong family history of colorectal cancer
  • 18.
    Pathology  Macroscopically 1. Annular 2.Tubular 3. Ulcer 4. Cauliflower  Microscopically  Columnar cell adenocarcinoma
  • 19.
    Distribution of colorectal cancerby site  Most large bowel cancers arise from the left colon
  • 20.
    Spread  Direct spread Ureter, duodenum and posterior abdominal wall muscles  Adjacent organs or anterior abdominal wall  Lymphatic spread  Progress from closest to central nodes  Blood-borne metastases  Liver by portal vein, lung, ovary, brain, kidney and bone  Transcoelomically spread  From the serosa of bowel or subperitoneal lymphatics  Peritoneum, ovary and omentum
  • 21.
    Staging colon cancer Based on pathological reporting to predict prognosis and guide adjuvant treatment  Two systems  Dukes’ classification  TNM system  TNM system is regarded as the international standard.
  • 22.
    Staging colon cancer Dukes’ staging for colorectal cancer  A : invasion of but not breaching the muscularis propria  B : breaching the muscularis propria but not involving the lymph nodes  C : lymph node involved  Dukes himself never describes a stage D, but this is often used to describe metastatic disease.
  • 23.
    Dukes’ staging forcolorectal cancer
  • 24.
    Staging colon cancer TNM classification for colonic cancer  T Tumour stage • T1 Into submucosa • T2 Into muscularis propria • T3 Into pericolic fat or subserosa fat but not breaching serosa • T4 Breach serosa or directly involving another organ  N Nodal stage • N0 No nodes involved • N1 1-3 nodes involved • N2 Four or more nodes involved  M Metastases • M0 No metastases • M1 Metastases
  • 25.
    TNM classification forcolonic cancer
  • 26.
    Clinical features  Dependson site of the tumour  Right sided (caecum and ascending) location • Mass in RIF • Iron deficiency anaemia  Descending-sigmoid location • PR bleeding – typically dark red, mixed with stool, sometime clotted • Change in bowel habit – typically increase frequency, varieable consistency, mucus PR, bloating and flatulence • Colicky abdominal pain • Abdominal distension
  • 27.
    Clinical features  Transverselocation • Mass in epigastrium • Iron deficiency anaemia  Emergency presentations • Occurs in 20% of cases • Large bowel obstruction (colicky pain, bloating, bowel not open) • Perforation with peritonitis • Acute PR bleeding
  • 28.
    Clinical features  Featuresdue to blood-borne metastases • Liver – hepatomegaly and jaundice • Lungs – cough, chest pain and haemoptysis • Bone – bone pain • Brain – fits and headache
  • 29.
    Investigations  Screening • Fecaloccult blood test (FOBT) • Flexible sigmoidoscopy • Colonoscopy • Air contract barium enema (ACBE) • CT colonography
  • 30.
    Endoscopy  Good fordirect visualization of tumor  Can take biopsy for histological assessment  Two types of scope for lower GI • Flexible sigmoidoscopy (60 cm long ) • Colonoscopy (120-180 cm long ) - gold standard investigation highly sensitive and specific and can detect adenomas, polyps, synchronous tumors.
  • 32.
    Radiology  Barium enemaX ray • useful for visualizing of right side of large bowel • persistent irregular filling defect with apple core deformity • biopsy is no possible and small lesions may be missed Fig: Apple Core appearance in CA colon
  • 33.
     CT scan •virtual colonoscopy, which is extremely sensitive in picking up polyps down to a size of 6mm • used as a diagnostic tool in patients with palpable abdominal masses • CT of the chest, abdomen and pelvis represents the standard means of staging colorectal cancer • biopsy cannot be taken  PET scan • Good for assessment of loco-regional lymph nodes, primary tumossr and distant metastasis
  • 34.
    Ultrasound abdomen •Shows metastasisin liver before and after surgery •Detects tumor, ascites, lymph node enlargement and hydronephrosis MRI •Requires additional staging for local spread
  • 35.
    Laboratory  For preoperativeassessment • Blood for complete picture • BTCT, PT • Sugar, electrolyte • Urea and creatinine • Liver function test • ECG • Grouping and matching
  • 36.
    Management  Potentially curativetreatment suitable for technically resectable tumors with no evidence of metastasis  Surgical resection (with lymphadenectomy) is the only curative treatment. Typical operations are • Right and transverse – right or extended right hemicolectomy • Left - left hemicolectomy • Sigmoid – sigmoid colectomy  Laparoscopic surgery • Short-term benefits for patient recovery • Reduced hospital stay, earlier return of bowel function • Reduced morbidity in comparison with open surgery
  • 37.
    Extended right hemicolectomyLeft hemicolectomy
  • 38.
  • 39.
    Preoperative preparation  Optimusfitness • General condition of patient • Respiratory and nutritional status • If obstructed emergency, resuscitation, adequate rehydration, correction of electrolytes imbalance  Counselling and consent  Bowel preparation • For 48 hours before surgery, liquid diet only and two sachets of picolux to purge the colon • Rectal washout • In emergency, on-table colonic lavage
  • 40.
     Prophylactic antibiotics •Immediately before the start of surgery  Prophylactic lower molecular weight heparin • For deep vein thrombosis prevention  Neo-adjuvant therapy Cont.
  • 41.
    Emergency surgery  Inthe obstructed emergency cases, the primary relief of obstruction with a primary resection or colostomy is done  In right sided, usually possible to perform a right hemicolectomy and anastomosis in the usual manner  If perforation, bring out an ileocolostomy rather than forming an anastomosis  In left sided, the decision lies between a Hartmann’s procedure or resection and anastomosis  An expanding endoluminal metal stent can be treated  Three stage procedure – primary decompression, resection of tumour at a later date and closure of colostomy
  • 42.
    Postoperative care  Hydrationand monitoring of electrolytes  Prophylactic antibiotics – cephalosporin and metronidazole  Analgesia  Catheterization  Careful nursing and dressing wound  Early enteral feeding  DVT prophylaxis  Care of colostomy
  • 43.
     Palliative treatment •For unresectable metastases or unresectable tumors, right sided - ileocolic bypass left sided - colostomy  Radiotherapy  Chemotherapy  Hepatic Metastasis • Can be resected and series have demonstrated 5 year survival of over 30% in resectable disease
  • 44.
  • 45.
    Staging of rectalcancer  Dukes’ staging  A : The growth is limited to rectal wall (15%)  B : The growth extends to extra rectal tissues, but without metastases to the regional lymph node (35%)  C : Secondary deposit in the regional lymph node.  C1 : Local para rectal lymph node alone are involved.  C2 : The nodes accompanying the supplying blood vessels to their origin from the aorta are involved.
  • 46.
    Staging of rectalcancer  TNM staging – radiological staging  T represents the extent of local spread  TX : Primary tumour cannot be assessed.  T0 : No evidence of primary tumour  Tis : intraepithelial or invasion of the lamina propria  T1 : tumour invades the submucosa  T2 : tumour invades the muscularis propria  T3 : tumour invades through the muscularis propria to the pericolorectal tissues  T4a : tumour penetrates the surface of the visceral peritoneum  T4b : tumour directly invades or is adherent to other organs or structures
  • 47.
     N describesthe nodal involvement  NX : regional node cannot be assessed  N0 : no regional lymph node metastases  N1 : metastases in 1-3 regional lymph nodes  N1a : in one regional lymph node  N1b : in 2-3 regional lymph nodes  N1c : tumour deposit in the subserosa, mesentery or pericolic or perirectal tissues without regional nodes metastases  N2 : metastases in 4 or more regional lymph nodes  N2a : in 4-6 regional lymph nodes  N2b : in 7 or more regional lymph nodes
  • 48.
     M indicatesthe presence of metastasis  M0 : no distant metastasis  M1 : distant metastasis  M1a : metastasis confined to one organ or site  M1b : metastasis in more than one organs
  • 49.
    Clinical features  Featuresdue to primary tumor 1. Bleeding per rectum – earliest and most common symptom 2. Sense of incomplete defecation – important early symptom 3. Alteration of bowel habit – increasing constipation and early morning bloody diarrhea 4. Pain – late symptom 1. Colicky pain : IO due to advanced carcinoma of rectosigmoid junction 2. Severe pain in SPA : invasion of prostate or bladder 3. Back pain or sciatica : invasion of sacral plexus
  • 50.
     Features dueto blood-borne metastases • Liver – hepatomegaly and jaundice • Lungs – cough, chest pain and hemoptysis • Bone – bone pain • Brain – fits and headache
  • 51.
     On PRexamination  Early case – a nodule with an indurated base  Ulcerated type – shallow depression with raised and everted edges  Lower margin of tumor – distant from anal verge  Examining finger – smeared with blood stained mucopurulent discharge  On proctoscopy examination, good for  Direct visualization of tumor  Can take Punch biopsy ( Yeoman’s biopsy forceps)  For female, vaginal examination and bimanual examination done for anterior tumor
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    Investigations  Endoscopy  Rigidsigmoidoscopy  Colonoscopy  Radiology  Barium enema X ray  CT scan  MRI for staging  PET scan for distant metastasis
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    Laboratory Investigations  Forpreoperative assessment • Blood for complete picture • BTCT, PT • Sugar, electrolyte • Urea and creatinine • Liver function test • ECG • Grouping and matching
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    Management  Curative procedure •Surgical resection  Palliative procedure • Surgical by pass and stoma • Radiotherapy • Chemotherapy
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    Surgery  Surgery remainsthe mainstay of curative treatment for carcinoma of rectum  Surgical management depends on the stage and location of the tumor within the rectum  The general principles of a surgical approach remain the removal of all gross and microscopic disease with negative proximal, distal, and circumferential margins  Reserve intestinal continuity and the sphincter mechanism whenever possible while still maximizing tumor control
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    Different surgical options For early cancers ; limited surgeries like • Polypectomy • Transanal excision • Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM)  For advanced cancers • Low anterior resection (LAR) or • Abdominoperineal resection (APR)
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     Trans-anal excision •Selected T1, N0 early stage cancers • Small (<3cm) • Well to moderately differentiated tumors • Within 8cm of the anal verge • Limited to less than 30% of the rectal circumference • No evidence of nodal involvement
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     Abdominoperineal resection(APR) • The gold standard for surgical resection of distal rectal cancer located within 6cm of the anal verge. • This procedure requires a transabdominal as well as a transperineal approach with removal of the entire rectum and sphincter complex. • A permanent end colostomy is created and the perineal wound either closed primarily or left to granulate in after closure of the musculature
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     Low anteriorresection • Sphincter saving operation • Suitable for tumors of upper third, middle third and even some tumor of lower third  Laparoscopic resection • Short-term benefits for patient recovery • Reduced hospital stay, earlier return of bowel function • Reduced morbidity in comparison with open surgery
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     Other operations •Hartmann’s operation • Palliative colostomy  Adjuvant therapy • Only radiotherapy • Radiotherapy + chemotherapy  Other palliative procedures • Self expanding metal stent (SEMS)
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    References  Bailey andLove’s Short Practice of Surgery ( Norman S. Williams, Ronan O’Connel, Andrew W. McCaskie ).27th Edition. 2018  Oxford Handbook of Clinical Surgery. 4th Edition. 2013  Harold Ellis and Vishy Mahadevan’s Clinical Anatomy. 13rd Edition. 2013  www.radiopaedia.com
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