- 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 metastatic - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Metastasis 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 metastasis - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
The new, metastatic tumor is the same type of cancer as the primary tumor For example, if breast cancer spreads to the lung, the cancer cells in the lung are breast cancer cells, not lung cancer cells
- Metastatic Cancer Research - NCI
Find research articles about metastatic cancer, which may include news stories, clinical trials, blog posts, and descriptions of active studies
- Metastatic Breast Cancer - NCI
Metastatic breast cancer has spread from the breast to other parts of the body Learn more about metastatic breast cancer symptoms, treatments, and more
- Treatment for Metastatic Prostate Cancer Often Suboptimal
Many U S doctors aren’t using the recommended initial treatments for their patients with hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer, a new study has found
- Cáncer metastásico - National Cancer Institute
El cáncer metastásico es el cáncer que se ha extendido a otras partes del cuerpo desde el lugar donde se formó
- What Is Cancer? - NCI
Metastatic cancer has the same name and the same type of cancer cells as the original, or primary, cancer For example, breast cancer that forms a metastatic tumor in the lung is metastatic breast cancer, not lung cancer Under a microscope, metastatic cancer cells generally look the same as cells of the original cancer
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