metastasized

Examples of metastasized in the following topics:

• Bone Scans

  • These metastasized tumors are difficult to detect, particularly in bone.
  • A bone scan picks up excessive osteoblastic activity, so it is useful for finding metastasized cancer tumors in the bone.
  • It is primarily used to help diagnose a number of conditions relating to bones, including: cancer of the bone or cancers that have spread (metastasized) to the bone, locating some sources of bone inflammation (such as bone pain such as lower back pain due to a fracture), the diagnosis of fractures that may not be visible in traditional X-ray images, and the detection of damage to bones due to certain infections and other problems.
  • The technique, therefore, is sensitive to fractures and bone reaction to infections and bone tumors, including tumor metastases to bones, because all these pathologies trigger bone osteoblast activity.

• Testicular Cancer

  • Testicular cancer has one of the highest cure rates of all cancers: in excess of 90%; essentially 100% if it has not spread (metastasized).
  • a lump in the neck due to metastases to the lymph nodes

• Medical Imaging and Diagnostics

  • Many low-dose palliative treatments (for example, radiation therapy targeting bony metastases) cause minimal or no side effects, although short-term pain flare-ups can be experienced in the days following treatment due to edemas compressing nerves in the treated area.

• Therapeutic Uses of Radiation

  • Many low-dose palliative treatments (for example, radiation therapy targeting bony metastases) cause minimal or no side effects, although short-term pain flare-ups can be experienced in the days following treatment due to edemas compressing nerves in the treated area.

• Pancreatic Cancer

  • Typically, it first metastasizes to regional lymph nodes, and later to the liver, and less commonly, to the lungs; it occasionally metastasizes to bone and brain.

• Prostate Disorders

  • The cancer cells may metastasize (spread) from the prostate to other parts of the body, particularly the bones and lymph nodes.

• Metastasis Through Lymphatic Vessels

  • The new occurrences of disease thus generated are referred to as metastases.

• Cell Signaling and Cell Death

  • This system keeps cells from traveling through the body and proliferating out of control, as happens with tumor cells that metastasize.

• Cervical Cancer

  • In advanced disease, metastases may be present in the abdomen, lungs or elsewhere.

• Colorectal Cancer

  • If there are only a few metastases in the liver or lungs they may also be removed.