In the past, the life expectancy of men with metastaticprostate cancerwas 2-3 years. Butwith advancements in medicine and care, the life expectancy of men with metastatic prostatecancerhas increased to about 5-6 years. The 5-year survival rate of metastatic prostate canceris 28%, which is m...
Bone is one of the most common metastatic areas in the cancer patient. Bone metastasis is the major cause to deteriorate the quality of life due to severe pain, walking difficulty, paraplegia, and pathologic fracture. To maintain patient’s general condi
BackgroundBone metastases occur frequently in patients with advanced cancer and are a serious complication of cancer. The decision to treat is often individualized, based on each patient's clinical presentation, life expectancy, and quality of life.MethodsWe reviewed the current literature pertaining ...
2 Although metastatic disease to bone occurs frequently, metastases distal to the elbow or knee and metastases to the scapula are much less common. The reported incidence of foot and hand metastases in cancer patients is 0.007% to 0.3%. 5,6,19,24,31,32,34 Similarly, tibial 3 and scapular...
Cancer can either originate in the bone itself or it is also a major site for metastasis from solid tumors, which frequently have their origins in the breast, prostate or lung. The development of cancer in the bone environment can co-opt many of the normal physiological processes to ensure ...
metastasis of breast cancer to bone—Medical Physics a secondary malignant (see malignant sense 1) tumor resulting from metastasis metastatic词组 metastatic carcinoman. 转移癌;转移性癌 metastatic tumor转移瘤 metastatic同义词 adj. (癌细胞的)转移性的;变形的;新陈代谢的 ...
Moyer VA. Screening for prostate cancer: US preventive services task force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2012;157:120–34. Article PubMed Google Scholar Delpierre C, Lamy S, Kelly-Irving M, Molinié F, Velten M, Tretarre B, et al. Life expectancy estimates as a key factor ...
endometrial adenocarcinoma; bone metastasis; subungual; acral metastasis; exophytic1. Introduction An endometrial carcinoma is the most common malignancy in developed countries and the fourth most common cancer in women in the US [1,2]. The mainstay of treatment in early-stage disease is surgical ...
it is also common to identify metastatic disease based on imaging studies. The first site of hematogenous dissemination is usually the liver, followed by the lungs and bone. An exception isrectal cancer, which may metastasize initially to the lung because the inferior rectal vein drains into the...
Overview of Diagnosis and Management of Metastatic Disease to Bone Bone metastases occur frequently in patients with advanced cancer and are a serious complication of cancer. The decision to treat is often individualized, based on each patient's clinical presentation, life expectancy, and quality of ...