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  • Cancer Biology

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  • Colon cancer recurrence patterns are anatomically reproducible, aligning with fascial planes and vascular territories.
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  • To propose a spatial containment model for colon cancer progression.
  • To explain tumor dissemination as sequential breaches of anatomical barrier systems.
  • To reframe surgical plane preservation as containment maintenance.

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  • Development of a three-tier framework: microcontainment (tissue), mesocontainment (mesentery), and macrocontainment (peritoneal/systemic).
  • Interpreting prognostic features (e.g., TNM stage, invasion) as markers of containment integrity.
  • Analyzing anatomical structures as barrier systems constraining tumor spread.

Main Results:

  • Tumor progression reflects sequential breaches of the proposed containment tiers.
  • Disruption of barriers, whether tumor-driven or iatrogenic, correlates with recurrence patterns.
  • Surgical plane preservation is a biologically significant act of containment maintenance.

Conclusions:

  • The containment framework provides a coherent model for understanding reproducible colon cancer recurrence.
  • It clarifies the biological significance of surgical integrity in maintaining containment.
  • This perspective supports anatomically informed risk stratification and generates research hypotheses.