0 If cancer cells metastasize, they spread to other parts of the body and cause tumours to grow there. -- (癌细胞)转移
In advanced or metastasized non-small-cell lung cancer, chemotherapy can provide minor extensions in survival (1 to 3 months), and alleviation of symptoms has been well documented in some patients.
Primary lung cancers themselves most commonly metastasize to the brain, bones, liver, and adrenal glands.
In colon and rectal cancer that has metastasized to other organs, chemotherapy can extend survival by approximately 6 months and also improve quality of life.
There are different types of lung cancers, which can metastasize.
The operation revealed that the cancer had metastasized.
The literature shows that chemotherapy for 6 months, as a complement to surgery, slightly increases the odds for cure in colon cancer that has metastasized to the lymph nodes.
Some forms of skin cancer may even metastasize to the child's body.
After treatment, the cancer went into remission, but there was a recurrence in 1995, eventually metastasizing to her lungs and lymph nodes.