AJCC	American Joint Committee on Cancer
ALN	Apical Lymph Node
ASCO	American Society of Clinical Oncology
ASCRS	American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
BRAF	B-raf
CDX2	Caudal Type Homeobox 2
CI	confidence interval
CRC	colorectal cancer
CRM	circumferential resection margin
CSS	cancer specific survival
DFS	disease free survival
EGFR	epidermal growth factor receptor
ESMO	European Society for Medical Oncology
HR	hazard ratio
IHC	immunohistochemistry
IRT	item response theory
KRAS	Kirsten rat sarcoma virus
LNR	lymph node ratio
LNY	lymph node yield
LVI	lymphovascular invasion
mCRC	metastatic colorectal cancer
MDT	multidisciplinary team
MSI	microsatellite instability
MSI-H	MSI high
NCCN	National Comprehensive Cancer Network
NCI	National Cancer Institute
NHMRC	National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia)
NICE	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
OS	overall survival
PNI	perineural invasion
RFS	recurrence free survival
TILs	tumour infiltrating lymphocytes
TNM	Tumour, Node, Metastasis
UICC	Union for international Cancer Control