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How is it determined that two cancers in body are a genuine metastasis case and not two individual cancers ?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

A biopsy: can show which each is. In some situations it depends on the characteristics of the cancer. For instance, Breast cancer does not metastasize to breast. So if a woman who has breast cancer now gets cancer in her second breast - that should be another primary.

Answered 5/28/2017

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Dr. Andrew Seibert answered

Specializes in Gastroenterology

Cancers : If they are both biopsied, it is easy to tell, by the tissue types. If they are not biopsied, your doctor is most likely going by clinical experience. Good luck.

Answered 11/28/2017

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