0 the spread of a disease, especially cancer, from the place where it started in the body to other areas: --
However, symptoms of sudden or progressive hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo and other cranial neuropathies may be overshadowed by those from other metastases.
Resembling genetic predisposition to heart disease and diabetes, individuals may also be genetically predisposed to bone metastasis.
In addition, bone represents a relevant site of distant metastasis in breast cancer.
However, it was not sufficient to promote localised invasive carcinoma or metastasis.
Metastasis results from preexisting variant cells within a malignant tumour.
The priority areas were detection of cancer metastases, mental and behavioral disorders, care of chronically ill, clinical genetics, and infectious diseases.
To perform these steps, declarative knowledge is used, for example, the knowledge that lymphatic metastases result from transference of cancer cells via the lymph vessels.
He presented with an intramedullary tumour accompanied by multiple cerebral metastases and was in a very poor general and neurological condition.
