Colon cancer, illustration. From left to right: in Stage 0 the cancer has not grown beyond the inner layer of the colon wall. In Stage1 the cancer has

---

Colon cancer, illustration. From left to right: in Stage 0 the cancer has not grown beyond the inner layer of the colon wall. In Stage1 the cancer has grown to the outer layer of the wall. In Stage 2 the tumor has grown through the wall but not spread to the lymph nodes. In Stage 3 the tumor has spread to the lymph nodes. In Stage 4 the cancer has spread to distant sites in the body.

---

Size: 4900px × 5000px
Photo credit: © CAROL & MIKE WERNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: abnormal, appendix, artwork, background, cancer, cancerous, cecum, colon, digestive, disease, esophagus, figure, gastrointestinal, illustration, intestine, large, lymph, male, malignancy, malignant, man, medical, medicine, nodes, oesophagus, oncological, oncology, pain, rectum, small, stages, stomach, system, torso, tract, tumor, unhealthy, white