Question 1

what are visceral metastases exactly ?

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Cancer in organs: Metastases, or areas of cancer spread, to the liver, lungs, or other organs in the body.  Metastases to bone are not visceral metastases.

Question 2

is brain metastases visceral or non visceral?

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Visceral: This means deep inside the body as opposed to on the surface/superficial locations like skin.

Question 3

i've heard different things. what exactly is bone metastases?

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Bone mets: Bone metastases is spreading cancer to the bone-from a primary cancer that is located outside the bone. Cancers like breast ca, lung cancer, prostate cancer, thyroid cancer , kidney cancer  spread to the bone commonly.

Question 4

are metastasis and metastases synonymous?

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

Question 5

how to differentiate primary tumor cells from cells of metastases?

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Close exam: primary tumor cells are well defined, arising in the organ that initiates the lesion.  A cancer of the breast when biopsied shows adenoca cells of breast origin.  When metastatic to liver or lung, biopsy will show the same cells as the primary .  If the lesion arises in the liver it is not metastatic in terms of cells seen but liver tumor cells or hepatoma.

Question 6

please explain reasons why whipple resection contraindicated with metastases?

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No survival: Pancreas cancer has a poor prognosis.  No survival noted if performed in the presence of metastatic disease.  Use of chemotherapy such as gemcitabine and Abraxane give the best chance for prolonged survival in terms of months after diagnosis made.  
Only 10% or patients diagnosed with pancreatic head cancer are candidates for a whipple resection, and even here only 10% of patients are ned at 2 yrs.

Question 7

what are the areas of infiltrative metastases for oral low-grade adenocarcinoma?

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Submax region: Oral low grade adenocarcinomas are relatively rare.  Since the major portion of the oral cavity is squamous cells lining the cavity, squamous Ca is most frequently found.  The adenocarcinomas arising from glandular tissue arise from the minor salivary gland lining the cheeks  and areas like sublingual glands which when harboring malignancies, spread is to the upper cerival or submax region.

Question 8

i was wondering what are the most common areas of infiltrative metastases for oral low-grade adenocarcinoma?

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Unclear: Your question is not clear to me. Please expand and explain it better. Most oral cancers spread to the upper neck lymph nodes.

Question 9

what are the causes of  hepatic metastases?

Accepted Answer

Hepatic mets: I think you mean what cancers can cause hepatic mets. It usually happens when cancer spread through blood circulation in liver. Many different type of cancer can spread to liver. Most commonly colon, any cancer of digestive system and lung cancer. But mostly any cancer can spread to liver.

Question 10

describe the features of metastases to the bone.?

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Varies: Bone metastases features can vary. Some are bone "lytic" (moth eaten) such as squamous cell cancers or multiple myeloma. Others are "blastic" such as breast, prostate, etc. Symptoms vary from asymptomatic to painful. Bones may easily (pathologically) fracture. Treatment can include bone directed therapy such as bisphosphonates, xgeva (denosumab), radiation, radio frequency ablation, v-plasty.

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