Metastasis

Metastasis is the spread of a cancer or other disease from one organ or part of the body to another without being directly connected with it. The new occurrences of disease thus generated are referred to as metastases (mets).

Contents

• Signs and symptoms
• Pathophysiology
• Factors involved
• Routes of metastasis
• 1 Transcoelomic
• 2 Lymphatic spread
• 3 Hematogenous spread
• 4 Transplantation or implantation
• Organ specific targets
• Metastasis and primary cancer
• Common sites of origin
• Diagnosis
• Management
• Research
• History
• Etymology
• References