Colon cancer stages. Diagram showing four stages of cancer of the colon (the main part of the large intestine). Stage I (upper left) show healthy muco

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Colon cancer stages. Diagram showing four stages of cancer of the colon (the main part of the large intestine). Stage I (upper left) show healthy mucosa (orange) and epithelium (red). Stage II (upper right) shows the presence of tumour cells (blue and red). Stages III and IV (lower left and lower right) show the tumour cells proliferating and the tumour increasing in size, first above the surface (stage III) and then below the surface (stage IV).

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