Metastatic Cancer: When Cancer Spreads - NCI Metastatic cancer is cancer that spreads from its site of origin to another part of the body Learn how cancer spreads, possible symptoms, common sites where cancer spreads, and how to find out about treatment options
Definition of metastasis - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms In metastasis, cancer cells break away from where they first formed (primary cancer), travel through the blood or lymph system, and form new tumors (metastatic tumors) in other parts of the body
Metastatic Cancer Research - NCI Find research articles about metastatic cancer, which may include news stories, clinical trials, blog posts, and descriptions of active studies
Definition of metastatic - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms In metastasis, cancer cells break away from where they first formed (primary cancer), travel through the blood or lymph system, and form new tumors (metastatic tumors) in other parts of the body
What Is Cancer? - NCI A cancer that has spread from the place where it first formed to another place in the body is called metastatic cancer The process by which cancer cells spread to other parts of the body is called metastasis
Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary Treatment This PDQ cancer information summary has current information about the treatment of metastatic squamous neck cancer with occult primary It is meant to inform and help patients, families, and caregivers
Advanced Cancer Long Term - NCI With new cancer treatments, more and more people with advanced or metastatic cancer are living longer, sometimes for many years But such long-term cancer survivors will usually need cancer treatment for the rest of their life—or go on and off treatment for many years—to keep their cancer at bay
Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer Fact Sheet - NCI The PARP inhibitors rucaparib (Rubraca), olaparib (Lynparza), talazoparib (Talzenna), and niraparib in combination with abiraterone (Akeega) are approved to treat metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancers that have certain genetic changes that disrupt DNA repair in the cancer cells
Treatment for Metastatic Prostate Cancer Often Suboptimal Since 2017, recommendations for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer that can be controlled by shutting off its supply of hormones, often called hormone- or castration-sensitive prostate cancer, have shifted radically
Pancreatic Cancer Treatment - NCI Metastatic cancer happens when cancer cells travel through the lymphatic system or blood and form tumors in other parts of the body The metastatic tumor is the same type of cancer as the primary tumor