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Bookmark or Share- Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary TreatmentMetastatic squamous neck cancer with occult primary (unknown primary) treatment options include surgery, radiation therapy, or a combination of both. Learn more about the diagnosis and treatment of these tumors in this expert-reviewed summary.
- Malignant Mesothelioma Treatment - NCI - National Cancer InstituteStage IV malignant mesothelioma is also called metastatic mesothelioma. Metastatic cancer happens when cancer cells travel through the lymphatic system or blood and form tumors in other parts of the body.
- Definition of metastasize - NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsIn 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. The metastatic tumor is the same type of cancer as the primary tumor.
- Metastatic Cancer: When Cancer Spreads - NCI - National Cancer InstituteMetastatic 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.
- What Is Cancer? - NCI - National Cancer InstituteMetastatic cancer has the same name and the same type of cancer cells as the original, or primary, cancer. For example, breast cancer that forms a metastatic tumor in the lung is metastatic breast cancer, not lung cancer.
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