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For the experts - might the primary tumor be where island and nest are present?
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?: Not sure what you mean with your poetic description but the primary is the place where the cancer started and a metastasis is a separate area that originated from the primary. It can be in the same or in another organ. Note that some patients can have two or more separate primaries, in other words unrelated cancers that are identified at the same time.
Answered 5/10/2013
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