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IntroductionFigure 8. Tumor stag<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> survival. Colorectal tumors are staged based on degree of localization. Stage 0is often referred to as carc<strong>in</strong>oma <strong>in</strong> situ <strong>and</strong> has <strong>no</strong>t penetrated the mucosa boundaries. Stage I is consideredlocalized as the tumors has <strong>no</strong>t penetrated the serosa. Stage II tumors are also considered local, but havepenetrated serosa <strong>and</strong> may have grown <strong>in</strong>to pericolic fat tissue. Patients with localized tumors have a 5-yearsurvival of 88%. Stage III tumors are considered regional as local lymph <strong>no</strong>des are <strong>in</strong>filtrated. Five-year survivalamong such patients is 68%. Patients with a stage IV tumor have metastasis to distant organs such as the liver,<strong>and</strong> have the worst prog<strong>no</strong>sis as only 8% survive. Survival data has been added to this illustration by NationalCancer Institute.Genetics <strong>and</strong> epi<strong>genetic</strong>s of CRC – a timel<strong>in</strong>eColorectal cancer is one of the most extensively studied cancer types over the last centuryresult<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> small <strong>and</strong> bigger leaps of k<strong>no</strong>wledge. The timel<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> Figure 9 presents some ofthe most important discoveries for this disease as well as for cancer <strong>in</strong> general.24

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