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- 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
- 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
- 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
- Breast Tumors Recruit Nearby Nerves to Fuel Metastasis
Can this metastatic process be stopped? With so many pieces having to fit into place for this process to work, the researchers wondered whether—like pulling out the wrong piece in a Jenga tower—disrupting just one could cause the whole cycle to break down
- Head and Neck Cancers - NCI - National Cancer Institute
When this happens, the cancer is called metastatic squamous cell carcinoma with unknown (occult) primary More information about this cancer type can be found in the Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary (PDQ®) cancer treatment summary
- Bladder Cancer Stages - 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
- How Do Dormant Cancer Cells Become Metastases? - NCI
The interplay between dormant cancer cells and components of the immune system appears to heavily influence if cancer later returns as metastatic disease
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