Introduction A metastasis in the medical sense is understood to be two different clinical pictures with a similar background: the splitting off of tumor cells from the primary tumor and colonization of tumor-derived tissues and the settling of bacteria from the original site of inflammation. In the following, the former will be discussed here. Definition … Metastases
Factors Not every primary tumor has the same potential to form metastases. On the one hand, this depends on the type of tumor and the characteristics of the tumor cells, but on the other hand, it also depends on the body of the affected patient, in particular his or her immune system. A prerequisite for … Factors | Metastases
Specific metastasis pathways As already mentioned, for certain primary tumors there are typical sites for developing metastases depending on the outflow of lymph and bloodstream. The surface characteristics of the cancer cells also determine the metastasis site, e.g. lung cancer or colon cancer cells occasionally metastasize into the adrenal gland, since they find similar tissue … Specific metastasis pathways | Metastases
