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(... EK-struh-hih-PA-tik bile dukt KAN-ser)
| | Cancer has spread (1) to the main portal vein (major blood vessel that carries blood to the liver from organs in the abdomen) or to both branches of the portal vein; or (2) to the hepatic artery (major blood vessel that carries blood to the liver from the heart); or (3) to other nearby organs or tissues, such as the colon, stomach, small intestine, or abdominal wall. Cancer may also have spread to nearby lymph nodes. |
| Previous Definitions: | stage III chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage III colorectal cancer, stage III cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, stage III endometrial cancer, stage III esophageal cancer | | Next Definitions: | stage III gallbladder cancer, stage III gastric cancer, stage III hypopharyngeal cancer, stage III kidney cancer, stage III laryngeal cancer |
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