Can you let me know how many phases does the progress of colorectal cancer have?

Growth: Colon cancer, like others, are graded according to stages. Stage 1 superficial caner. Stage 2 invasive cancer partially through the colon wall. Stage 3 invasive cancer through colon wall and spread to lymph nodes. Stage 4 is colon cancer spread to other organs (liver, lung, etc).

Colon cancer stages: Stage 1 - cancer confined to colon wall. Stage 2 - cancer thru colon wall. Stage 3- lymph nodes involved. Stage 4 - spread of cancer to distant organs ( usually liver or lungs