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to a different or secondary site within the host's body; the term is typically used when referring to metastasis by a cancerous tumor. The newly pathological...

generally prove fatal. Secondary neoplasm refers to any of a class of cancerous tumor that is either a metastatic offshoot of a primary tumor, or an apparently...

secondary tumors, which most commonly have spread from tumors located outside the brain, known as brain metastasis tumors. All types of brain tumors may...

tumors into cartilage tumors, osteogenic tumors, fibrogenic tumors, vascular tumors of bone, osteoclastic giant cell-rich tumors, notochordal tumors,...

cord tumors. In the CNS a tumor may be a malignant secondary tumor having metastasised (spread from a primary site in the body). Secondary tumors are more...

of cancer that is divided into primary tumors of the heart and secondary tumors of the heart. Most heart tumors begin with myxomas, fibromas, rhabdomyomas...

metastasize or spread to other parts of the body. These further tumors are secondary tumors. Most cancers continue to be called after their primary site...

tumors of the lung Non-lung tumors which may grow into the lungs: Mediastinal tumors Pleural tumors Metastasis or secondary tumors/neoplasms with other origin:...

certain sites ("the soil") based on the similarity of the original and secondary tumor sites. In other words, just as seeds need fertile soil to grow, cancer...

tumors has been found to be approximately 0.02%. This is in contrast to secondary tumors of the heart, which are typically either metastatic from another part...

Secondary malignant neoplasm is a malignant tumor whose cause is the treatment (usually radiation or chemotherapy) which was used for a prior tumor. It...

the circulation and become the seeds for the subsequent growth of secondary tumors. This is known as metastasis, responsible for most cancer-related deaths...

Vulvar tumors are those neoplasms of the vulva. Vulvar and vaginal neoplasms make up a small percentage (3%) of female genital cancers. They can be benign...

radical mastectomy surgeries will not always prevent later distant secondary tumors arising from micro-metastases prior to discovery, diagnosis, and operation...

cancer, also referred to as metastases, advanced breast cancer, secondary tumors, secondaries or stage IV breast cancer, is a stage of breast cancer where...

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are neoplasms that arise from cells of the endocrine (hormonal) and nervous systems. They most commonly occur in the intestine...

pattern with the highest grade. For example, if the primary tumor grade was 2 and the secondary tumor grade was 3 but some cells were found to be grade 4, the...

Tumor antigen is an antigenic substance produced in tumor cells, i.e., it triggers an immune response in the host. Tumor antigens are useful tumor markers...

Transmigration of cancer cells, a process that is involved in metastasis and secondary tumor formation This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...

these cells. About 1–2% of cases of pancreatic cancer are neuroendocrine tumors, which arise from the hormone-producing cells of the pancreas. These are...