Metastatic Cancer: When Cancer Spreads - NCI - National Cancer Institute 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 The metastatic tumor is the same type of cancer as the primary tumor
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 The metastatic tumor is the same type of cancer as the primary tumor
Metastatic Cancer Research - NCI NCI’s Dr Rosandra Kaplan discusses important trends in metastatic cancer research and new ideas for treating and preventing metastatic cancer
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
A More Treatable Kind of Metastatic Cancer? - NCI People with oligometastatic cancer have only a few metastatic tumors Researchers are studying whether treating these individual tumors directly with surgery or stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBTR or SABR) can help patients live longer or improve their quality of life
Overcoming the Challenges of Metastatic Cancer - NCI Having a better understanding of the genetic and epigenetic changes that develop over time in metastatic tumors will be critical to developing more effective therapies for metastatic cancer Are laboratory models of metastasis also a challenge?
Tumor Cell Adhesiveness May Predict Metastasis - NCI Metastatic tumors form if any of those cells can find a hospitable location in another part of the body to settle in and start growing again Since 2017, the UC San Diego team has been studying how cancer cells break away from tumors and how to physically identify those cells most likely to spread elsewhere in the body
Definición de metastásico - Diccionario de cáncer del NCI Metástasis En la metástasis, las células cancerosas se desprenden del tumor original (cáncer primario), viajan a través de la sangre y el sistema linfático, y forman nuevos tumores (tumores metastásicos) en otras partes del cuerpo
Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary Treatment Metastatic squamous neck cancer with occult primary (unknown primary) treatment options include surgery, radiation therapy, or a combination of both Learn more about the diagnosis and treatment of these tumors in this expert-reviewed summary