What is Metastatic cancer?
What is Metastatic cancer?
- Metastatic cancer: Any cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.
- Metastatic cancer: A tumor that has spread from its original (primary) site of growth to another site, close to or distant from the primary site. Metastasis is characteristic of advanced malignancies, but in rare instances can be seen in neoplasms lacking malignant morphology. -- 2004
Source - Diseases Database
- Metastatic cancer: a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Metastatic cancer: Introduction
Types of Metastatic cancer:
Types of Metastatic cancer:
Broader types of Metastatic cancer:
How serious is Metastatic cancer?
Complications of Metastatic cancer:
see complications of Metastatic cancer
What causes Metastatic cancer?
Causes of Metastatic cancer: see causes of Metastatic cancer
What are the symptoms of Metastatic cancer?
Symptoms of Metastatic cancer:
see symptoms of Metastatic cancer
Complications of Metastatic cancer:
see complications of Metastatic cancer
Can anyone else get Metastatic cancer?
Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.
Metastatic cancer: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Metastatic cancer.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Metastatic cancer.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Metastatic cancer:
see treatments for Metastatic cancer
Research for Metastatic cancer:
see research for Metastatic cancer
Society issues for Metastatic cancer
Hospitalization statistics for Metastatic cancer:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Metastatic cancer:
- 0.26% (33,613) of hospital consultant episodes were for secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organ in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 86% of hospital consultant episodes for secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organ required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 40% of hospital consultant episodes for secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organ were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 60% of hospital consultant episodes for secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organ were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Metastatic cancer
Main name of condition: Metastatic cancer
Class of Condition for Metastatic cancer: cancer
Other names or spellings for Metastatic cancer:
metastatic tumor, metastasis
Disseminated cancer, Metastases, Metastasis, Secondary tumor, Metastatic neoplasm
Source - Diseases Database
Malignant tumor, Malignant neoplasm
Source - WordNet 2.1
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