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Cancer Glossary: D

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Dukes staging system :
one of the staging systems for colorectal cancer, it uses the letters A through C.

dysphagia (dis-fay-je-uh) :
having trouble swallowing or eating.

dysplasia (dis-play-zuh) :
abnormal changes of tissue that may lead to cancer.

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