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Effects of Colon Cancer

Dr. Eduardo Ruan, Gastroenterologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains one of the ways colon cancer can spread is once the tumor penetrates through the wall of the colon, it can invade the surrounding tissue. He also says the cancer cells can travel and colonize lymph nodes, and also it can migrate through the blood vessels and go primarily to the liver.

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