Reporting of the circumferential tumour margin involvement and preoperative levels of carcinoembryonic antigen as prognostic risk factors in colorectal cancer patients

ABSTRACT

Background and study aims: The two very important prognostic risk factors of colorectal cancer are circumferential tumour margin [CTM] involvement and preoperative levels of carcinoembryonic antigen [CEA]. The aim of this study is to monitor the frequency of reporting of the CTM in the postoperative pathology reports after colorectal cancer resection in addition to monitoring the frequency of reporting of preoperative levels of CEA and exploring the possibility of improving the frequency of reporting of both