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M0 indicates they have no distant metastasis.
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e
They may have a lung metastasis
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T1 is the smallest size and T4 is significantly bigger. Hence, T1 has a better prognosis than T4.
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c
T4 has a better prognosis than T1
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This is indicated by T3. The T refers to the size and extent of the tumour.
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a
The tumour has extended into subserosa of colon
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It indicates the size of the tumour and how far it has invaded the bowel wall. N represents nodes whilst M represents metastases.
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b
T describes the shape of the tumour
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N1 indicates they have at four or more regional lymph nodes affected.
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d
At least six region lymph nodes have evidence of spread
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Colorectal Cancer
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General surgery
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A 56-year-old male is diagnosed colon cancer and TNM staging is used for classification. It is found that they have T3, N1, M0 colon cancer.

Which of the following is true?
a