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Where can prostate cancer spread to?
Prostate cancer can spread to the bone, liver and lung and other parts of body. In most cases of prostate cancer metastasis occur in the lymph nodes and the bones. It's metastasis occurs when cells break away from the tumor in the prostate. nutrition2000.com
What is the medical term meaning when breast cancer spreads to the bones?
Metastasis is the medical term meaning process of cancer spreading to another site in the body. The spread of cancer to the bones may be called a bone metastasis.
What are the most Common sites of metastasis in ovarian cancer?
brain, bones, adrenals, liver
Why would the scan show bone abnormalties in prostate cancer?
Late stage prostate cancer metasticizes to the bones. This may be the reason.
What is the medical term meaning spread of cancer?
A tumor that has spread has metastasized, and is a metastatic tumor. The new sites of tumor growth are called metastases (singular metastasis).The process of metastasis is the process of tumour cells breaking away from the primary tumour and spreading to other parts of the body. The 4 main sites of metastasis are the brain, bones, liver and lungs. Metastatic tumours spread to these organs causing considerable harm to them. The naturopathic approach to controlling metastasis is salvestrol therapy. Anti-metastatic drugs are in clinical trials such asCabozantinib.A tumor that has spread has metastasized, and is a metastatic tumor.
What if your dad is bed ridden what are the signs of the last stages of prostate cancer?
When the cancer has moved into the bones, that is the last stage of prostate cancer. There is usually 8 or 9 months left before death in most patients.
What treatment does surgery do for the bones?
Sorry your question is not very clear, please be specific. However, surgery for bones is basically the treatment for bone cancer.
Prostate cancer staging?
IntroductionStaging is a term that is used to describe if a cancer has spread from where it first began. Prostate cancer staging is commonly described as:Localized prostate cancer: the cancer is contained within the prostate gland and has not spread nearby tissues or elsewhere in the body.Locally advanced prostate cancer: the cancer has spread outside the prostate gland to surrounding tissue, most often the seminal vesicles.Advanced prostate cancer: the cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes, bones, or elsewhere in the body.How Is Staging Done?Most of the time, tests such as an MRI scan or a CT scan are not very good at telling your doctor how much prostate cancer is present or whether it has spread.Rarely, your doctor can feel a prostate cancer during a rectal exam. Sometimes a test called a bone scan will be done to see if the cancer has spread to your bones (a common place for the cancer to go).However, your doctor will also use other information, to help guide treatment and follow-up and give you some idea of what to expect in the future. Other information includes:PSA levels (and related tests)Prostate biopsy results may be able to show how many areas of the prostate gland has cancer.The Gleason score or grade, which comes from the results of your prostate biopsy, tells how aggressive the prostate cancer might be. Two areas of the tumor are graded on a scale of 1 – 5. The sum of the two grades is the overall Gleason score. This tells your doctor information about how different the prostate cancer cells are from normal tissue. The higher the score, the more different the cancer cells are from normal, and therefore, the more aggressive the cancer isHow Is Staging Used?It is important to understand that only if and when you have surgery to remove the prostate gland can you and your doctor know for certain what the stage of your prostate cancer is.However, using your symptoms, physical exam, and results of tests described just above, your doctors will often have a pretty good idea which stage of prostate cancer you have.ReferencesAntonarakis ES, Eisenberger MA. Expanding treatment options for metastatic prostate cancer. N Engl J Med. 2011 May 26;364(21):2055-8.Wilt TJ, MacDonald R, et al. Systematic review: comparative effectiveness and harms of treatments for clinically localized prostate cancer. Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):435-448.Prostate Cancer Treatment (PDQ®) Last Modified: 06/01/2011Reviewed ByReview Date: 09/27/2011Louis S. Liou, MD, PhD, Chief of Urology, Cambridge Health Alliance, Visiting Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
4 reasons why problems occur to the skeletal system?
Gee, that a pretty broad question... Fractures, dislocations, metastasis by a cancer, cancer as an original cancer (sarcoma), bruising, osteoporosis, arthritis (joints)...
What are the stages of prostate cancer?
There are many different types of cancers in the world. There are cancers such as bladder cancer, breast cancer, endometrial cancer, colon cancer, kidney cancer, thyroid caner and many others.
Is prostate cancer phase IV very painful?
It depends on the patient. But normally, it is very uncomfortable. If it moves to the bones, then extreme pain can be a typical symptom.
What parts of the body most affected by prostate cancer?
The areas typically affected are the bladder and the urethra. However, as the cancer progresses, it will spread to other organs which will vary depending on the person. Eventually it will spread to the bones, this is late stage cancer.
