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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 happens when the cells reproduce out of control?

When cells reproduce out of control, it can lead to the formation of a mass of cells called a tumor. If the tumor is benign, it is not cancerous and typically does not spread to other parts of the body. However, if the tumor is malignant, it is cancerous and can invade nearby tissues or spread to other parts of the body, a process known as metastasis.


What does metastisize mean?

It means to spread, as in a diseased tumor as it spreads to other parts of the body. So if someone had cancer of the stomach, it could spread (metastisize) to the lungs and start growing there as well as the stomach.


What is A lump of cancerous tissue called?

A lump of cancerous tissue is typically referred to as a tumor. Tumors can be either benign or malignant. Benign tumors are non-cancerous growths that do not invade nearby tissues or spread to other parts of the body. Malignant tumors, on the other hand, are cancerous growths that have the potential to invade surrounding tissues and metastasize, or spread, to other parts of the body.


What does metastisized?

It means to spread, as in a diseased tumor as it spreads to other parts of the body. So if someone had cancer of the stomach, it could spread (metastisize) to the lungs and start growing there as well as the stomach.


Is it true that tumors that do not spread to other tissues are called cancers?

Cancer is not really a medical term; doctors prefer the term neoplasm, or tumor. If the tumor spreads to other parts of the body it can be described as malignant, and if it doesn't, it is benign. Normally when a person says they have cancer, they are referring to a malignancy. Otherwise they would just say that they have a tumor.


What is the spread of cancerous cells to other parts of an idividual's body?

The movement of cancer cells from one tumor to other areas is called metastasis.


What is the term for the spread of cancer cell throughout a body?

I believe the spreading of cancer to other parts of the body is called, "Metastation"!


What are the two types of cancer?

Malignantis cancerous. Malignant tumors can invade and destroy nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body.Benign is not cancerous. Benign tumors may grow larger but do not spread to other parts of the body.


What does metastasised mean?

Metastasized means that the tumor has spread to other parts of the body.


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 does Staging a tumor mean?

Staging a tumor is assessing the extent of tumor spread. It's described in numbers, usually 1 through 4. For example, you might have heard someone say that a person has stage 4 cancer, which is when the cancer has metastasized and spread to other organs or throughout the body. When a malignancy is diagnosed, tests are performed to assess whether it has metastasized (spread to other locations) and also to see how differentiated the tumor cells are (this is referred to as grading the tumor). So staging = assessing tumor spread and grading = assessing degree of differentiation.