Question 1

what's a metastasis?

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Metastasis = spread: Metastasis refers to the spread of cancer to area(s) of the body not contiguous with the original cancer, often other organs such as lung, liver or bone. This means the cancer has "spread".

Question 2

what is the cascade of metastasis?

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Describes the biolog: Metastases is a complex process with many steps(often called cascade) that cancer cells released from a primary cancer go thru to reach and establish as distant metastases.

Question 3

what does a drop metastasis mean ?

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unusual term!: It is something, used when there is a tumor in a lower organ(like in ovary) when the starting organ is located high up in the abdomen, like it can be from stomach cancer. But it is not always an exact term in its causation.

Question 4

are metastasis and metastases synonymous?

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Singular/pleurals: Used for one metastasis or more metastases!

Question 5

what is the definition or description of: metastasis?

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Metastasis: Is the spread of a disease from one organ or part to another non-adjacent / distant  organ or part. Different ways of metastasis-can happen via blood, or lymphatic organ.

Question 6

are multi spinocelluar ephiteliomas sign of metastasis? thanks

Accepted Answer

Metastases from what: Assuming you mean SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA, your question makes no sense without details. Does "multi" mean 3? More? How many? All at once or over some years? Are they in areas exposed to sun or radiation? Are they in anal or genital area? Do you have a transplant? On meds? What is your understanding of "METASTASIS"? Evaluation and treatment should be done by a skin specialist.

Question 7

what's metastasis, and how does it happen? by blood?

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Spread: This can happen in many ways. It can occur through the blood stream, lymph system or by moving through the local tissues.

Question 8

if i a 35 year old male had peritoneal metastasis how sick would i feel?

Accepted Answer

: On a scale of 0-10 you would feel sick at level greater than 8.
You can reduce your risk of cancer by adopting healthy habits: Eat a mostly vegetarian diet, avoid alcohol, tobacco and street drugs, avoid excessive exposure to sun, maintain healthy weight, get HPV vaccine, exercise 30 minutes each day, drink enough water so your urine is mostly colorless. Wish you good health!

Question 9

i was wondering what are the molecules associated with invasion and metastasis?

Accepted Answer

Complex issue: This is an area of research which has many theories but no proven markers. We currently assess this by grade of the tumor and invasivnesss of the vascular and lymphatic strucures as well as invasion of the lymph nodes and the evidence of extra-capsular(extra-nodal) spread of the tumor , all of which suggest  a more invasive and more aggressive tumor which will likely recur and spread far and wide.

Question 10

how can  cancer metastasis work?

Accepted Answer

Different results: Metastasis arises from primary, the former being clonal and the primary, polyclonal.  What spreads to a site such as liver or lung can only grow within that parenchyma and never spread elsewhere.  The primary has multiple clones each only capable of spreading to a local site and growing there.  Thus primary should always be removed and met  focal disease treated later for best survival.

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