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- Cigna Oncology Imaging Guidelines - V1. 0. 2025 Effective 02 01 2025
All advanced imaging indicated for initial staging of the specific cancer type can be approved once when the individual is considering initiation of a standard therapeutic approach (surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy)
- Colorectal Cancer Screening | Cigna
People at higher risk, such as those with a family history of colorectal cancer, may need to be tested sooner and more often than people at average risk Talk with your doctor about your risk, when to start and stop screening, and how often to screen
- SEQUENCE OF COLON CANCER WORK UP - Allina Health
Goal: Staging work up surgical and medical oncology consults completed within 2 weeks from time of referral Colonoscopic diagnosis of colon mass with biopsy proven malignancy (or suspicious mass on imaging and biopsies non-diagnostic) Medical Oncology, Surgeon or self-referral
- Colon Cancer Workup: Approach Considerations, Blood Studies . . . - Medscape
Adequate imaging of the chest and abdomen should be obtained for staging purposes, ideally preoperatively Further workup is driven by the following: Invasive colorectal cancer is a
- Colorectal Cancer Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Staging
When colorectal cancer is found at an early stage before it has spread, the 5-year relative survival rate is about 90% But only about 4 out of 10 colorectal cancers are found at this early stage When cancer has spread outside the colon or rectum, survival rates are lower
- ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Staging of Colorectal Cancer: 2021 Update
Surgical treatment remains the definitive treatment for colon cancer, while organ-sparing approach may be considered in some rectal cancer patients based on imaging obtained before and after neoadjuvant treatment
- Introduction - Imaging Tests for the Staging of Colorectal Cancer . . .
Once the diagnosis has been established, patients with colorectal cancer undergo testing to establish the extent of disease spread, known as clinical staging Staging is used primarily to determine appropriate treatment strategies
- EviCore Radiation Oncology Guidelines - V1. 0. 2024 - Effective 04 01 2024
Recent (within 60 days) virtual or in-person Radiation Oncology consultation which includes a detailed history, physical examination and diagnosis including stage of disease and type of tumor
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