bone metastasis
Cancer that has settled in bone, where it keeps the name of the organ it started in rather than the bone it now occupies.
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213 matchesbrain metastasis
Cancer in the brain has far more often arrived from elsewhere than started there, and that origin decides how it is treated.
Read definitioncellular metabolism
Two opposite streams of chemistry running at once inside every cell, one tearing molecules down and one building them up.
Read definitioncentral nervous system metastasis
Cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to the central nervous system (CNS).
Read definitionCNS metastasis
Cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to the central nervous system (CNS).
Read definitioncomplete metastasectomy
Surgery to remove all metastases (tumors formed from cells that have spread from the primary tumor).
Read definitiondistant metastasis
Refers to cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to distant organs or distant lymph nodes.
Read definitionin-transit metastasis
A type of metastasis in which skin cancer spreads through a lymph vessel and begins to grow more than 2 centimeters away from the primary tumor but before it reaches the nearest lymph node.
Read definitionleptomeningeal metastasis
A serious problem that may occur in cancer in which cancer cells spread from the original (primary) tumor to the meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).
Read definitionliver metastasis
The liver filters blood arriving straight from the gut, which is why so many cancers place their first distant deposit there.
Read definitionlung metastasis
Cancer that has traveled to the lung from somewhere else, keeping the identity of the organ it started in.
Read definitionmatrix metalloproteinase
Because these enzymes can also weaken normal tissue architecture, their activity is implicated in disease processes well beyond their role in ordinary repair.
Read definitionmeningeal metastasis
A serious problem that may occur in cancer in which cancer cells spread from the original (primary) tumor to the meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).
Read definitionmicrometastasis
Small numbers of cancer cells that have spread from the primary tumor to other parts of the body and are too few to be picked up in a screening or diagnostic test.
Read definitionmometasone
Three delivery routes, one purpose: putting a steroid exactly where the inflammation is so the rest of the body sees very little of it.
Read definitionmyelosclerosis with myeloid metaplasia
A progressive, chronic disease in which the bone marrow is replaced by fibrous tissue and blood is made in organs such as the liver and the spleen, instead of in the bone marrow.
Read definitionnonmetastatic
Cancer that has not spread from the primary site (place where it started) to other places in the body.
Read definitionoxidative metabolism
A chemical process in which oxygen is used to make energy from carbohydrates (sugars).
Read definitionZometa
Zometa delivers zoledronic acid intravenously to slow bone breakdown, treating cancer related high calcium levels and reducing skeletal complications from bone metastases.
Read definitioncell respiration
The controlled release of energy from food inside a cell, captured as ATP rather than lost all at once as heat.
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