8
Treatment
Table 3. Recommendations on Diagnosis
Population Rec #
Pathology
Patients with advanced-stage colorectal cancer 1.6
Diagnosis Based on Primary Tumor
Surgery required to stabilize patient due to obstruction or bleeding 1.7
Patients with clinically stable disease, palpable mass 1.8
Patients with clinically stable disease, no palpable mass 1.9
No primary tissue available 1.10
Diagnosis Based on Metastatic Disease
Clinically palpable metastatic site 1.11
Metastatic disease on staging US or Chest X Ray or CT scan or MRI 1.12
Patients with mCRC for whom MDT considers liver or lung surgery 1.13
Molecular Testing
Diagnosis of mCRC based on primary tumor or on metastatic disease 1.14
