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Dukes’ staging system for large bowel carcinoma. Stage A tumours are confined to the bowel muscle wall. Stage B cancers show invasion completely through the muscle wall. Dukes’ stage C is defined by the presence of lymph node metastases, irrespective of the depth of invasion of the primary tumour.