it means that cancer cells have spread from their original location to other parts of the body.
Chemotherapy can be used to fight any form of cancer that has metastasized. If the cancer has not yet metastasized, the cancerous area can be removed.
When a tumor has not metastasized, it is growing in only one location. A tumor that has metastasized becomes many tumors growing in many locations, and furthermore, this is a continuing process by which the cancer takes over more and more of the body.
Could be called hypertrophy, (that means overgrown tissue) or metastasized. Not sure if that just applies to cancerous tumors or not.
Chest x rays may be used to see whether the liver tumor is primary or has metastasized from a primary tumor in the lungs.
Treatment for those patients who present with or go on to develop systemic disease usually fails; melanoma that has metastasized to the brain is particularly difficult to treat.
It would come back if the cells were not all taken care of during chemo therapy. Typically lung cancer is found when it is too late...meaning it is usually found after it has metastasized (already spread) to another part of the body (ie. bones). After it has metastasized it is almost impossible to get it cleared up.
Cancer that can move throughout the body and spread to other organs
Yes, it can spread the proper name for a spreading tumor is Malignant, meaning that it spreads from the tumor into the blood supply and then they regrow and repopulate
Benign :) Trust me, I'm in anatomy classes.Benign
Thyroid cancer metastasized to his brain.
ALT and AST Normal or slightly increased
Metastasized means that the tumor has spread to other parts of the body.