definition of metastatic disease
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- me•tas•ta•sis. a. the spread of disease-producing organisms or of malignant or cancerous cells to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces. b. the condition produced by this. metastasis metástasis a. Changing see -, meta ]. stasis
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metastasis metastasis. 1  1. Pathol the spreading of a disease, esp cancer cells, from one part of the body to another. 2  2. a rare word for metabolism. 3  Transfer of the causal agent (cell or microorganism) of a disease from a primary focus to a distant one through the blood or lymphatic vessels.
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What Is Cancer? A cancer that has spread from the place where it first started 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.
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What Is Cancer? The metastatic tumor is the same type of cancer as the primary tumor. For example, if malignant mesothelioma spreads to the brain, the cancer cells in the brain are actually malignant mesothelioma cells. The disease is metastatic malignant mesothelioma, not brain cancer.
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- Metastasis is a pathogenic agent's spread from an initial or primary site to a different or secondary site within the host's body, yet is typically spoken of as such spread by a cancerous tumor. The newly pathological sites, then, are metastases (mets).
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What is metastatic breast cancer? Metastatic breast cancer is breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast to other organs in the body, most often the bones, lungs, liver or, less commonly, brain. There are many words used, but they actually mean the same thing. Metastatic breast cancer is also called: stage IV (4) breast cancer; secondary breast cancer; advanced breast cancer.
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bone metastasis A tumour found in bone. The clinical aphorism, a malignancy in bone in patients above age 35 is considered metastatic until proven otherwise. Sites of origin. Breast, prostate, thyroid, kidney.
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Understanding Metastasis Metastatic Breast Cancer is a malignancy in my body.. waiting to spread and ultimately destroy my life and kill me. It means I have no control over what is going on inside me. Metastasis means fear.. always present fear.
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The Realities Of Living With Stage 4 Cancer A Frightening Diagnosis. Stage 4 cancer is a condition in which cancer has spread (metastasized) from its original location to other organs in the body. Metastatic cancer is what claimed the life of Elizabeth Edwards nearly four years after it was first diagnosed.
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- Metastatic Breast Cancer Breast cancer is a common metastatic tumor of the ovary, but it is rarely clinically signiﬁcant. Historically, most examples of metastatic breast cancer have been small, sometimes even microscopic, foci of tumor cells found in ovaries removed for hormonal therapy of breast cancer.
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bone metastasis bone metastasis. A tumour found in bone. The clinical aphorism, a malignancy in bone in patients above age 35 is considered metastatic until proven otherwise. Sites of origin. Breast, prostate, thyroid, kidney.
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National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health Some common signs of metastatic cancer include: 1  Pain and fractures, when cancer has spread to the bone. 2  Headache, seizures, or dizziness, when cancer has spread to the brain. 3  Shortness of breath, when cancer has spread to the lung.  Jaundice or swelling in the belly, when cancer has spread to the liver.
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- uk ​ /ˌmet.əˈstæt.ɪk/ us ​ /ˌmet̬.əˈstæt̬.ɪk/ specialized. › relating to metastasis (= the spread of a disease, especially cancer, from the place where it started in the body): metastatic breast cancer/prostate cancer. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words. Cancer. acinic cell carcinoma.
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Understanding Metastasis Tumor metastasis (from the Greek “change of place”) is the movement of tumor cells from the site where the cancer began, to grow in other sites of the body.
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What is metastatic breast cancer? Metastatic breast cancer (also called stage IV or advanced breast cancer) is breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast to other organs in the body (most often the bones, lungs, liver or brain). Although metastatic breast cancer has spread to another part of the body, it is considered and treated as breast cancer.
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metastasis (plural metastases). ( 1 medicine) The transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body, specifically the development of a secondary area of disease remote from the original site, as with some cancers. ( 2 rhetoric) Denying adversaries' arguments and turning the arguments back on them.
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- Metastatic skin cancer: Rare Types. Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories: 1  Women's Reproductive Health -- rare types of diseases: 2  Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Rare Types. 3  PCOS -- Rare Types. 4  Chlamydia -- Rare Types. 5  Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Rare Types.
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- NEOPLASMS DESCRIBED AS METASTATIC The terms metastatic and metastasis are often used ambiguously in describing neoplastic disease, sometimes meaning that the site named is primary and sometimes meaning that it is secondary.
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What Is Cancer? The metastatic tumor is the same type of cancer as the primary tumor. For example, if skin cancer spreads to the lung, the cancer cells in the lung are actually skin cancer cells. The disease is metastatic skin cancer, not lung cancer.
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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 is Metastatic Melanoma? The incidence for melanoma is expected to be 76,250 in 2012 according to the National Cancer Institute. Metastatic melanoma is Stage III and IV of the cancer. This stage involves the spread of melanoma into the lymph nodes and other areas of the body such as the brain, lungs, liver and other organs.
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Symptoms, Treatment & Life Expectancy of Metastatic Liver Cancer Symptoms, Treatment & Life Expectancy of Metastatic Liver Cancer. Metastatic liver cancer is a type of cancer that has its origins in some other part of the individual’s body and has eventually spread to the liver. Metastatic liver cancer typically originates from cancer in the pancreas, colon, stomach, lungs or even the breasts.
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Metastatic Bone Disease The life span of patients with metastatic bone disease is limited; thus, the goal of management needs to be centered on returning as much function as possible as rapidly as possible. Patients with metastatic bone disease are generally treated with surgery or radiation therapy. Radiation therapy.
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What is metastatic breast cancer? The terms used to talk about breast cancer can be confusing. When breast cancer spreads to another part of the body—most commonly the bones, liver, lungs or brain—it is referred to as metastatic breast cancer.