- Metastatic Cancer: When Cancer Spreads - NCI
Metastatic cancer is cancer that spreads from its site of origin to another part of the body Learn how cancer spreads, possible symptoms, common sites where cancer spreads, and how to find out about treatment options
- Definition of metastasis - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
In metastasis, cancer cells break away from where they first formed (primary cancer), travel through the blood or lymph system, and form new tumors (metastatic tumors) in other parts of the body
- Definition of metastatic - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
In metastasis, cancer cells break away from where they first formed (primary cancer), travel through the blood or lymph system, and form new tumors (metastatic tumors) in other parts of the body
- Metastatic Cancer Research - NCI
Find research articles about metastatic cancer, which may include news stories, clinical trials, blog posts, and descriptions of active studies
- Advanced Cancer Long Term - NCI
With new cancer treatments, more and more people with advanced or metastatic cancer are living longer, sometimes for many years But such long-term cancer survivors will usually need cancer treatment for the rest of their life—or go on and off treatment for many years—to keep their cancer at bay
- What Is Cancer? - NCI
A cancer that has spread from the place where it first formed to another place in the body is called metastatic cancer The process by which cancer cells spread to other parts of the body is called metastasis
- TIL therapy for metastatic gastrointestinal cancers - NCI
The clinical trial included 91 patients with metastatic gastrointestinal cancers—including esophageal, stomach, pancreatic, colon, and rectal cancers—that had worsened despite a median of four prior treatment regimens
- Treatment for Metastatic Prostate Cancer Often Suboptimal
Since 2017, recommendations for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer that can be controlled by shutting off its supply of hormones, often called hormone- or castration-sensitive prostate cancer, have shifted radically
|