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stage I esophageal cancer (...ee-SAH-fuh-JEE-ul KAN-ser)

 Cancer has spread beyond the innermost layer of tissue to the next layer of tissue in the wall of the esophagus.

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Esophageal cancer staging; shows tumors growing through layers of the esophagus wall for Stage 0, Stage I, Stage II, Stage III, and Stage IV esophageal cancer. Inset shows muscle, submucosa, and mucosa layers of the esophagus wall, and lymph nodes.




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