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stage III pancreatic cancer

Cancer has spread to the major blood vessels near the pancreas, and may have spread to nearby lymph nodes.

Previous Definitions:	stage III nonmelanoma skin cancer, stage III oropharyngeal cancer, stage III ovarian epithelial cancer, stage III ovarian germ cell tumor, stage III ovarian low malignant potential tumor
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