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===Grading of tumour regression=== | ===Grading of tumour regression=== | ||
There is a three tiered regression grading system by Ryan ''et al''.<ref name=pmid16045774>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ryan | first1 = R. | last2 = Gibbons | first2 = D. | last3 = Hyland | first3 = JM. | last4 = Treanor | first4 = D. | last5 = White | first5 = A. | last6 = Mulcahy | first6 = HE. | last7 = O'Donoghue | first7 = DP. | last8 = Moriarty | first8 = M. | last9 = Fennelly | first9 = D. | title = Pathological response following long-course neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer. | journal = Histopathology | volume = 47 | issue = 2 | pages = 141-6 | month = Aug | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2005.02176.x | PMID = 16045774 }}</ref> | There is a three tiered regression grading system by Ryan ''et al''.<ref name=pmid16045774>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ryan | first1 = R. | last2 = Gibbons | first2 = D. | last3 = Hyland | first3 = JM. | last4 = Treanor | first4 = D. | last5 = White | first5 = A. | last6 = Mulcahy | first6 = HE. | last7 = O'Donoghue | first7 = DP. | last8 = Moriarty | first8 = M. | last9 = Fennelly | first9 = D. | title = Pathological response following long-course neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer. | journal = Histopathology | volume = 47 | issue = 2 | pages = 141-6 | month = Aug | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2005.02176.x | PMID = 16045774 }}</ref> | ||
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*There are specific criteria for ''[[malignant melanoma]]''. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 10:00, 9 August 2012
Tumour regression can occur as a consequence of treatment or sporadically.
Sporadic tumour regression
Well-known:
Microscopic
Features:
- +/-Fibrosis.
- +/-Mucin.
- +/-Inflammation.
Grading of tumour regression
There is a three tiered regression grading system by Ryan et al.[2]
Note:
- There are specific criteria for malignant melanoma.
References
- ↑ Balzer, BL.; Ulbright, TM. (Jul 2006). "Spontaneous regression of testicular germ cell tumors: an analysis of 42 cases.". Am J Surg Pathol 30 (7): 858-65. doi:10.1097/01.pas.0000209831.24230.56. PMID 16819328.
- ↑ Ryan, R.; Gibbons, D.; Hyland, JM.; Treanor, D.; White, A.; Mulcahy, HE.; O'Donoghue, DP.; Moriarty, M. et al. (Aug 2005). "Pathological response following long-course neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer.". Histopathology 47 (2): 141-6. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2559.2005.02176.x. PMID 16045774.