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You are an oncologist specializing in colon cancer. A patient presents to you with disease that
has spread to his bones and liver and there is no treatment available. What stage cancer is
this?2345
Solution
Answer is Stage IV (4)
Stages of colon cancer are:
Stage 0
It is very early cancer and it will be affecting the innermost layer of the intestine
Stage I
In stage I, cancer is seen in the inner layers of the colon
Stage II
In stage II, cancer is seen spreading through the muscle wall of the colon
Stage III
In stage III, cancer is seen spreading to the lymph nodes
Stage IV
In stage IV, cancer is seen spreading to other organs outside the colon
In case, of colon cancer, at stage IV, it will be spreading to the distant location in the body (liver,
lungs, bones, distant lymph nodes or other sites). At this stage there is no cure for this cancer or
patient will be left with very few options.
Stage 0
It is very early cancer and it will be affecting the innermost layer of the intestine
Stage I
In stage I, cancer is seen in the inner layers of the colon
Stage II
In stage II, cancer is seen spreading through the muscle wall of the colon
Stage III
In stage III, cancer is seen spreading to the lymph nodes
Stage IV
In stage IV, cancer is seen spreading to other organs outside the colon

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