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metastatic

spread of a disease from the organ or tissue of origin to another part of the body.


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Possible Cure for Cancer

... stage, and very often has already started to metastasise. Even when the primary (original) tumour has been cut out, and there is no evidence of metastatic (secondary) tumours visible in the body by CT scans etc, metastatic cells can remain in the circulation of the blood/lymph, and lurk in tissues, ...

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by Julie5
Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:47 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Possible Cure for Cancer
Replies: 15
Views: 6098

Opinions wanted for an anti-cancer thesis please!

... tumour is already readily detectable (ie, more advanced). Pharmas invest hugely into therapeutic drugs, but as we know, those designed to work at metastatic stage are highly unsucessful as nearly all metastatic cancer is lethal. Drug therapy is, largely, too little too late, and in the great scheme ...

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by Julie5
Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:20 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Opinions wanted for an anti-cancer thesis please!
Replies: 1
Views: 1702

Thalidomide

In general, the safety rules for patients suffering from advanced, metastatic cancer, whose disease has proved refractory to existing drugs and other therapies (eg radiotherapy, surgery), can be laxer because, to put it grimly, they are so 'up against it' ...

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by Julie5
Sat Nov 06, 2010 8:01 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Thalidomide
Replies: 5
Views: 5375

Chemotherapy Drugs Taxol (paclitaxel) & Carboplatin

... to solidify my contention that my Colon Cancer could have been caused by my Lung Cancer and not take on the characteristics of Lung Cancer. (3) Metastatic cancer may be found before or at the same time as the primary or months later. Nevertheless, when a new tumor is found in someone treated ...

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by jabeje01
Sat Nov 06, 2010 2:39 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Chemotherapy Drugs Taxol (paclitaxel) & Carboplatin
Replies: 1
Views: 4900

tumor metastasis

... all of those possibilities. Whatever the mechanism of dormancy, it's why cancer can recur so many years later - though, again, just what triggers metastatic proliferation is still unclear. One possibility is the involvement of the immune system.) Just why some primary tumours typically metastaise ...

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by Julie5
Sat Nov 06, 2010 1:58 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: tumor metastasis
Replies: 1
Views: 4675
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