what is the term for the spreading of cancerous cells to distant organs?
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Prostate cancer cells become 'shapeshifters' to spread to distant organs Prostate cancer cells become 'shapeshifters' to spread to distant organs. August 8, 2017. Left: AIM1 proteins are stained brown in normal prostate cells and are located along the outside border of each cell. Right: AIM1 proteins in primary prostate cancer cells diffuse throughout each cell.
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metastasis me·tas·ta·sis. n. pl. me·tas·ta·ses (-sēz′) Medicine. 1. Transmission of pathogenic microorganisms or cancerous cells from an original site to one or more sites elsewhere in the body, usually by way of the blood vessels or lymphatics.
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What to Expect Following a Hysterectomy Patients who undergo an abdominal (in which the uterus is removed via an incision in the lower abdomen) or radical hysterectomy (where your cervix, parts of the vagina, and lymph nodes are removed along with the uterus) can expect a hospital stay of at least 2 to 3 nights.
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Colon Cancer Ultimately, they spread to distant organs such as the liver, lungs, brain, and bones. Cancers are dangerous because of their unbridled growth and potential for spread. They overwhelm healthy cells, tissues, and organs by taking their oxygen, nutrients, and space.
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Colon Cancer (Colorectal Cancer) In general, if the cancer is found only in the part of the body where it started it is localized (sometimes referred to as stage 1). If it has spread to a different part of the body, the stage is regional or distant. For Hodgkin lymphoma, 15.6% are diagnosed at the local stage.
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- Metastasis is the spread of a cancer from one part of the body to another A from HIM M141 at Rasmussen College
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- Cancer cells that spread to bone are harmful in two ways: The tumor may eat away areas of bone, creating holes called osteolytic lesions. This process can make bones fragile and weak, so that they break or fracture easily. These areas may be painful.
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Bone Metastasis When prostate cancer spreads beyond the prostate to another organ, most frequently it spreads to the bone. Prostate cancer that spread to the bone is still prostate cancer when doctors look at it under the microscope. It is still treated with therapy for prostate cancer. A man whose prostate cancer spread to the bone does not have bone cancer.
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Medical Terminology - Chapter 19 Spread of a cancerous tumor to another site (change of place) or secondary location (meta- = change, -stasis = place or control).
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Metastasis Lymphatic spread allows the transport of tumor cells to lymph nodes and ultimately, to other parts of the body. This is the most common route of metastasis for carcinomas. In contrast, it is uncommon for a sarcoma to metastasize via this route.
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Spinal Tumors After the lung and the liver, the skeleton is the most common site of spread of cancers that begin in organs. Metastases to the lung and liver are often not detected until late in the course of disease because patients experience no symptoms.
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Tumor Metastasis: Spreading of a cancerous growth by shedding cells that grow in other locations. Radiation therapy: Use of radioactive substances to kill cancer cells in the human body. A malignant tumor may grow quite rapidly and can be fatal.
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- The process of spreading is called metastasizing. If a tumor spreads to the bone, it is called bone metastasis. Cancer cells that have metastasized to the bone can damage the bone and cause symptoms. Various treatments are available to control the symptoms and the spread of bone metastases.To better comprehend what happens in metastasis, it helps to understand the anatomy of the bones.ancer cells that have metastasized to the bone can damage the bone and cause symptoms. Various treatments are available to control the symptoms and the spread of bone metastases. To better comprehend what happens in metastasis, it helps to understand the anatomy of the bones.
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metastasis Metastasis is. the spread of cancer cells from the primary site of tumor development to lymph nodes and distant sites. Cancer progression and metastasis is typically associated with the most lethal consequences of the disease-disruption of normal physiology. Metastatic disease responds poorly to most treatment approaches.
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- The process of spreading is called metastasizing. If a tumor spreads to the bone, it is called bone metastasis. Cancer cells that have metastasized to the bone can damage the bone and cause symptoms. Various treatments are available to control the symptoms and the spread of bone metastases. To better comprehend what happens in metastasis, it helps to understand the anatomy of the bones.
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Metastasis Metastasis is a pathogenic agent's spread from an initial or primary site to a different or secondary site within the host's body; it is typically spoken of as such spread by a cancerous tumor. The newly pathological sites, then, are metastases. Cancer occurs after cells are genetically altered to proliferate rapidly and indefinitely. This uncontrolled proliferation by mitosis produces a primary heterogeneic tumour. The cells which constitute the tumor eventually undergo metaplasia, followed by
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Cancer Cancer in situ. An early stage cancer in which the cancerous growth or tumor is still confined to the site from which it started, and has not spread to surrounding tissue or other organs in the body. When cancer in situ involves cells that line the internal organs, or epithelial cells, it is called carcinoma in situ.
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Cell Division and Cancer The spreading of cancer cells to other tissues and organs (metastasis) occurs when the adhesion of these cancerous cells breaks down, and they are able to travel easily to new locations. © 2010 Nature Education All rights reserved.
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Thermal Hydrolysis THP is a high-pressure steam pre-treatment for anaerobic digestion of municipal and industrial sludge and bio-waste. Applying THP technology results in doubled digester loading, increased biogas production, and a pathogen-free and stabilized biosolids product with increased cake dewaterability. Reduced viscosity from thermal hydrolysis (making the sludge more fluid). – Digesters can be fed with a sludge concentration of 8-12% dry solids (DS), twice that of a conventional digester. – Increased speed of digestion.
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Medical Terminology for Cancer Tumor cells may travel via the lymphatic system and spread to to lymph nodes and distant organs. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy A dye is injected near the primary tumor to identify the position of the sentinel lymph node (the first lymph node to which cancer cells are most likely to spread as the lympatic system drains fluid away from the tumor).
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- Metastasis, or metastatic disease, is the spread of a cancer or other disease from one organ or part to another not directly connected with it. The new occurrences of disease thus generated are referred to as metastases /mə ˈtaes ˈtæs tə/ (siːz sometimes abbreviated). metst is theorized that metastasis always coincides with a primary cancer, and, as such, is a tumor that started from a cancer cell or cells in another part of the body.
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Cancer  (Malignant Neoplasm) Cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. There are several main types of cancer. 1  Carcinoma is a cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs.arcoma. A cancer of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue. Tissue. A group of cells that act together to carry out a specific function in the body.
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metastasis Related to metastasis: bone metastasis. 1. Pathol the spreading of a disease, esp cancer cells, from one part of the body to another. 2. a rare word for metabolism. a secondary pathological focus arising from the transfer of a pathogenic principle (tumor cells, infectious agent) from the primary site of affection by the lymph or blood.
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Is bone cancer curable? Cancer that metastasizes (spreads) to the bones from other parts of the body, such as the breast, lung, or prostate, is called metastatic cancer, and is named for the organ or tissue in which it began.Primary bone cancer is far less common than cancer that spreads to the bones.one cancer is a malignant (cancerous) tumor of the bone that destroys normal bone tissue (1). Not all bone tumors are malignant. In fact, benign (noncancerous) bone tumors are more common than malignant ones.
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Renal Cell Cancer This process of invading and spreading to other organs is called metastasis. Renal cell carcinoma is most likely to metastasize to neighboring lymph nodes, the lungs, the liver, the bones, or the brain.
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Cancer Terms: Cancer Basics Through the lymphatic system, cancer can spread to other parts of the body. Lymphoma: A cancer of the lymphatic system. Lymphoma begins when cells in the lymph system change and grow uncontrollably. Sometimes a tumor is formed. Malignant: Refers to a tumor that is cancerous. It may invade nearby healthy tissue or spread to other parts of the body. Mass: A lump in the body. Metastasis: The spread of cancer from the place where the cancer began to another part of the body. Cancer cells can break away from the primary tumor and travel through the blood or the lymphatic system to the lymph nodes, brain, lungs, bones, liver, or other organs.