In the quest for accurate preoperative staging of advanced colon tumors, the CT scan takes the stage. However, the spotlight reveals some hiccups. A national retrospective study with 1950 patients unfolded the CT’s script, showing a 57% sensitivity in nailing T4 tumors, a 63% overall accuracy in N staging, and a 94.8% precision in sniffing out peritoneal metastases. The CT performance review suggests it still fumbles in the nuances of T4 staging, lymph nodes, and preoperative peritoneal metastasis detection.