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Colon Cancer Stage

My grandmother came back from her surgeon who diagnosed her with T3,NO,MX colon cancer.  Could someone please tell me what the stage of that is??  From what im reading its a 2 but im not so sure.
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Thanks Jayne,

Im assuming its possibly stage II.
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I typed in T3, NO, MX Colon Cancer and found this:

For many cancers, TNM combinations correspond to one of five stages. Criteria for stages differ for different types of cancer. For example, bladder cancer T3 N0 M0 is stage III, whereas colon cancer T3 N0 M0 is stage II.

Hope this helps

Jayne
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