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144 relations: Abscopal effect, Actin, Adenocarcinoma, Amoeboid movement, Anaplasia, Angiogenesis, Angiogenesis inhibitor, Autopsy, Avicenna, Basal-cell carcinoma, Benign tumor, Biopsy, Bladder cancer, Blood vessel, Bone, Bone metastasis, Brachiocephalic vein, Brain, Brain metastasis, Brain tumor, Breast cancer, Brown-Séquard syndrome, Cancer, Cancer Australia, Cancer of unknown primary origin, Cancer staging, Carcinogenesis, Carcinoma, Chemokine, Chemotherapy, Chromosome instability, Circulating tumor cell, Collective cell migration, Colorectal cancer, Comparative effectiveness research, Contact normalization, Cough, CT scan, DHPS, Disseminated disease, Drug resistance, Dysplasia, Elasticity (physics), Embryo, Endothelial progenitor cell, Epigenetics, Extracellular matrix, Field cancerization, Fluorescence in situ hybridization, Fracture, ... Expand index (94 more) »
- Cancer pathology
Abscopal effect
The abscopal effect is a hypothesis in the treatment of metastatic cancer whereby shrinkage of untreated tumors occurs concurrently with shrinkage of tumors within the scope of the localized treatment.
See Metastasis and Abscopal effect
Actin
Actin is a family of globular multi-functional proteins that form microfilaments in the cytoskeleton, and the thin filaments in muscle fibrils.
Adenocarcinoma
Adenocarcinoma (plural adenocarcinomas or adenocarcinomata; AC) is a type of cancerous tumor that can occur in several parts of the body.
See Metastasis and Adenocarcinoma
Amoeboid movement
Amoeboid movement is the most typical mode of locomotion in adherent eukaryotic cells.
See Metastasis and Amoeboid movement
Anaplasia
Anaplasia (from ἀνά ana, "backward" + πλάσις plasis, "formation") is a condition of cells with poor cellular differentiation, losing the morphological characteristics of mature cells and their orientation with respect to each other and to endothelial cells. Metastasis and Anaplasia are Oncology.
Angiogenesis
Angiogenesis is the physiological process through which new blood vessels form from pre-existing vessels, formed in the earlier stage of vasculogenesis.
See Metastasis and Angiogenesis
Angiogenesis inhibitor
An angiogenesis inhibitor is a substance that inhibits the growth of new blood vessels (angiogenesis).
See Metastasis and Angiogenesis inhibitor
Autopsy
An autopsy (also referred to as post-mortem examination, obduction, necropsy, or autopsia cadaverum) is a surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause, mode, and manner of death; or the exam may be performed to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present for research or educational purposes.
Avicenna
Ibn Sina (translit; – 22 June 1037 CE), commonly known in the West as Avicenna, was a preeminent philosopher and physician of the Muslim world, flourishing during the Islamic Golden Age, serving in the courts of various Iranian rulers.
Basal-cell carcinoma
Basal-cell carcinoma (BCC), also known as basal-cell cancer, basalioma or rodent ulcer, is the most common type of skin cancer.
See Metastasis and Basal-cell carcinoma
Benign tumor
A benign tumor is a mass of cells (tumor) that does not invade neighboring tissue or metastasize (spread throughout the body).
See Metastasis and Benign tumor
Biopsy
A biopsy is a medical test commonly performed by a surgeon, an interventional radiologist, or an interventional cardiologist.
Bladder cancer
Bladder cancer is any of several types of cancer arising from the tissues of the urinary bladder.
See Metastasis and Bladder cancer
Blood vessel
Blood vessels are the structures of the circulatory system that transport blood throughout the human body.
See Metastasis and Blood vessel
Bone
A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals.
Bone metastasis
Bone metastasis, or osseous metastatic disease, is a category of cancer metastases that result from primary tumor invasions into bones.
See Metastasis and Bone metastasis
Brachiocephalic vein
The left and right brachiocephalic veins (previously called innominate veins) are major veins in the upper chest, formed by the union of the ipsilateral internal jugular vein and subclavian vein (the so-called venous angle) behind the sternoclavicular joint. The left brachiocephalic vein is more than twice the length of the right brachiocephalic vein.
See Metastasis and Brachiocephalic vein
Brain
The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals.
Brain metastasis
A brain metastasis is a cancer that has metastasized (spread) to the brain from another location in the body and is therefore considered a secondary brain tumor.
See Metastasis and Brain metastasis
Brain tumor
A brain tumor occurs when abnormal cells form within the brain.
See Metastasis and Brain tumor
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is a cancer that develops from breast tissue.
See Metastasis and Breast cancer
Brown-Séquard syndrome
Brown-Séquard syndrome (also known as Brown-Séquard's hemiplegia, Brown-Séquard's paralysis, hemiparaplegic syndrome, hemiplegia et hemiparaplegia spinalis, or spinal hemiparaplegia) is caused by damage to one half of the spinal cord, i.e. hemisection of the spinal cord resulting in paralysis and loss of proprioception on the same (or ipsilateral) side as the injury or lesion, and loss of pain and temperature sensation on the opposite (or contralateral) side as the lesion.
See Metastasis and Brown-Séquard syndrome
Cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Metastasis and Cancer are Oncology.
Cancer Australia
Cancer Australia is the lead cancer control agency to the Government of Australia.
See Metastasis and Cancer Australia
Cancer of unknown primary origin
Cancer of unknown primary origin (CUP) is a cancer that is determined to be at the metastatic stage at the time of diagnosis, but a primary tumor cannot be identified.
See Metastasis and Cancer of unknown primary origin
Cancer staging
Cancer staging is the process of determining the extent to which a cancer has grown and spread.
See Metastasis and Cancer staging
Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis, also called oncogenesis or tumorigenesis, is the formation of a cancer, whereby normal cells are transformed into cancer cells.
See Metastasis and Carcinogenesis
Carcinoma
Carcinoma is a malignancy that develops from epithelial cells.
Chemokine
Chemokines, or chemotactic cytokines, are a family of small cytokines or signaling proteins secreted by cells that induce directional movement of leukocytes, as well as other cell types, including endothelial and epithelial cells.
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy (often abbreviated chemo, sometimes CTX and CTx) is the type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) in a standard regimen. Metastasis and Chemotherapy are Oncology.
See Metastasis and Chemotherapy
Chromosome instability
Chromosomal instability (CIN) is a type of genomic instability in which chromosomes are unstable, such that either whole chromosomes or parts of chromosomes are duplicated or deleted.
See Metastasis and Chromosome instability
Circulating tumor cell
A circulating tumor cell (CTC) is a cell that has shed into the vasculature or lymphatics from a primary tumor and is carried around the body in the blood circulation. Metastasis and circulating tumor cell are Oncology.
See Metastasis and Circulating tumor cell
Collective cell migration
Collective cell migration describes the movements of group of cells and the emergence of collective behavior from cell-environment interactions and cell-cell communication.
See Metastasis and Collective cell migration
Colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine).
See Metastasis and Colorectal cancer
Comparative effectiveness research
Comparative effectiveness research (CER) is the direct comparison of existing health care interventions to determine which work best for which patients and which pose the greatest benefits and harms.
See Metastasis and Comparative effectiveness research
Contact normalization
Contact normalization is a process by which intercellular junctions mediate signals that allow normal cells to inhibit the transformed growth of neighboring tumor cells. Metastasis and Contact normalization are Oncology.
See Metastasis and Contact normalization
Cough
A cough is a sudden expulsion of air through the large breathing passages which can help clear them of fluids, irritants, foreign particles and microbes.
CT scan
A computed tomography scan (CT scan; formerly called computed axial tomography scan or CAT scan) is a medical imaging technique used to obtain detailed internal images of the body.
DHPS
Deoxyhypusine synthase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DHPS gene.
Disseminated disease
Disseminated disease can refer to disseminated cancer which is the movement of cancerous cells from the original tumor to other areas of the body, or disseminated infection which is the pathogen's entry into the host, growth, and dissemination, which results in illness.
See Metastasis and Disseminated disease
Drug resistance
Drug resistance is the reduction in effectiveness of a medication such as an antimicrobial or an antineoplastic in treating a disease or condition.
See Metastasis and Drug resistance
Dysplasia
Dysplasia is any of various types of abnormal growth or development of cells (microscopic scale) or organs (macroscopic scale), and the abnormal histology or anatomical structure(s) resulting from such growth. Metastasis and Dysplasia are Oncology.
Elasticity (physics)
In physics and materials science, elasticity is the ability of a body to resist a distorting influence and to return to its original size and shape when that influence or force is removed.
See Metastasis and Elasticity (physics)
Embryo
An embryo is the initial stage of development for a multicellular organism.
Endothelial progenitor cell
Endothelial progenitor cell (or EPC) is a term that has been applied to multiple different cell types that play roles in the regeneration of the endothelial lining of blood vessels.
See Metastasis and Endothelial progenitor cell
Epigenetics
In biology, epigenetics is the study of heritable traits, or a stable change of cell function, that happen without changes to the DNA sequence.
See Metastasis and Epigenetics
Extracellular matrix
In biology, the extracellular matrix (ECM), also called intercellular matrix (ICM), is a network consisting of extracellular macromolecules and minerals, such as collagen, enzymes, glycoproteins and hydroxyapatite that provide structural and biochemical support to surrounding cells.
See Metastasis and Extracellular matrix
Field cancerization
Field cancerization or field effect (also termed field change, field change cancerization, field carcinogenesis, cancer field effect or premalignant field defect) is a biological process in which large areas of cells at a tissue surface or within an organ are affected by carcinogenic alterations.
See Metastasis and Field cancerization
Fluorescence in situ hybridization
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a molecular cytogenetic technique that uses fluorescent probes that bind to only particular parts of a nucleic acid sequence with a high degree of sequence complementarity.
See Metastasis and Fluorescence in situ hybridization
Fracture
Fracture is the appearance of a crack or complete separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress.
Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
See Metastasis and Greek language
H&E stain
Hematoxylin and eosin stain (or haematoxylin and eosin stain or hematoxylin-eosin stain; often abbreviated as H&E stain or HE stain) is one of the principal tissue stains used in histology.
Hemoptysis
Hemoptysis or haemoptysis is the discharge of blood or blood-stained mucus through the mouth coming from the bronchi, larynx, trachea, or lungs.
Hepatomegaly
Hepatomegaly is enlargement of the liver.
See Metastasis and Hepatomegaly
HNRNPAB
Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A/B, also known as HNRNPAB, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the HNRNPAB gene.
Hormone therapy
Hormone therapy or hormonal therapy is the use of hormones in medical treatment.
See Metastasis and Hormone therapy
Humerus
The humerus (humeri) is a long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow.
Hypothesis
A hypothesis (hypotheses) is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon.
ID1
DNA-binding protein inhibitor ID-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ID1 gene.
Immortalised cell line
An immortalised cell line is a population of cells from a multicellular organism that would normally not proliferate indefinitely but, due to mutation, have evaded normal cellular senescence and instead can keep undergoing division.
See Metastasis and Immortalised cell line
Immunohistochemistry
Immunohistochemistry is a form of immunostaining.
See Metastasis and Immunohistochemistry
Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy or biological therapy is the treatment of disease by activating or suppressing the immune system.
See Metastasis and Immunotherapy
Invasion (cancer)
Invasion is the process by which cancer cells directly extend and penetrate into neighboring tissues in cancer. Metastasis and Invasion (cancer) are cancer pathology and Oncology.
See Metastasis and Invasion (cancer)
Ion
An ion is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.
James Ewing (pathologist)
James Stephen Ewing (December 25, 1866, Pittsburgh – May 16, 1943, New York City) was an American pathologist.
See Metastasis and James Ewing (pathologist)
Jaundice
Jaundice, also known as icterus, is a yellowish or greenish pigmentation of the skin and sclera due to high bilirubin levels.
Kidney
In humans, the kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped blood-filtering organs that are a multilobar, multipapillary form of mammalian kidneys, usually without signs of external lobulation.
Krukenberg tumor
A Krukenberg tumor refers to a malignancy in the ovary that metastasized from a primary site, classically the gastrointestinal tract, although it can arise in other tissues such as the breast.
See Metastasis and Krukenberg tumor
Leukemia
Leukemia (also spelled leukaemia; pronounced) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and produce high numbers of abnormal blood cells.
Liver
The liver is a major metabolic organ exclusively found in vertebrate animals, which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of proteins and various other biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth.
Lung
The lungs are the central organs of the respiratory system in humans and some other animals, including tetrapods, some snails and a small number of fish.
Lung cancer
Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung.
See Metastasis and Lung cancer
Lymph node
A lymph node, or lymph gland, is a kidney-shaped organ of the lymphatic system and the adaptive immune system.
Lymph node metastasis
Lymph node metastasis is the spread (metastasis) of cancer cells into a lymph node.
See Metastasis and Lymph node metastasis
Lymphadenopathy
Lymphadenopathy or adenopathy is a disease of the lymph nodes, in which they are abnormal in size or consistency.
See Metastasis and Lymphadenopathy
Lymphatic vessel
The lymphatic vessels (or lymph vessels or lymphatics) are thin-walled vessels (tubes), structured like blood vessels, that carry lymph.
See Metastasis and Lymphatic vessel
Lysis
Lysis is the breaking down of the membrane of a cell, often by viral, enzymic, or osmotic (that is, "lytic") mechanisms that compromise its integrity.
Malignancy
Malignancy is the tendency of a medical condition to become progressively worse; the term is most familiar as a characterization of cancer. Metastasis and Malignancy are Oncology.
Medulloblastoma
Medulloblastoma is a common type of primary brain cancer in children.
See Metastasis and Medulloblastoma
Melanocyte
Melanocytes are melanin-producing neural crest-derived cells located in the bottom layer (the stratum basale) of the skin's epidermis, the middle layer of the eye (the uvea), the inner ear, vaginal epithelium, meninges, bones, and heart found in many mammals and birds.
Melanoma
Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer; it develops from the melanin-producing cells known as melanocytes.
Meninges
In anatomy, the meninges (meninx) are the three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord.
Mesenchyme
Mesenchyme is a type of loosely organized animal embryonic connective tissue of undifferentiated cells that give rise to most tissues, such as skin, blood or bone.
Metaplasia
Metaplasia is the transformation of a cell type to another cell type. Metastasis and Metaplasia are Oncology.
Metastasis suppressor
A metastasis suppressor is a protein that acts to slow or prevent metastases (secondary tumors) from spreading in the body of an organism with cancer.
See Metastasis and Metastasis suppressor
Metastatic liver disease
A liver metastasis is a malignant tumor in the liver that has spread from another organ affected by cancer.
See Metastasis and Metastatic liver disease
MHC class II
MHC Class II molecules are a class of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules normally found only on professional antigen-presenting cells such as dendritic cells, macrophages, some endothelial cells, thymic epithelial cells, and B cells.
See Metastasis and MHC class II
Micrograph
A micrograph or photomicrograph is a photograph or digital image taken through a microscope or similar device to show a magnified image of an object.
Micrometastasis
A micrometastasis is a small collection of cancer cells that has been shed from the original tumor and spread to another part of the body through the lymphovascular system.
See Metastasis and Micrometastasis
Mitosis
Mitosis is a part of the cell cycle in which replicated chromosomes are separated into two new nuclei.
Motility
Motility is the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy.
Mouse models of breast cancer metastasis
Breast cancer metastatic mouse models are experimental approaches in which mice are genetically manipulated to develop a mammary tumor leading to distant focal lesions of mammary epithelium created by metastasis.
See Metastasis and Mouse models of breast cancer metastasis
Myosin
Myosins are a superfamily of motor proteins best known for their roles in muscle contraction and in a wide range of other motility processes in eukaryotes.
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) coordinates the United States National Cancer Program and is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
See Metastasis and National Cancer Institute
Nausea
Nausea is a diffuse sensation of unease and discomfort, sometimes perceived as an urge to vomit.
Neoplasm
A neoplasm is a type of abnormal and excessive growth of tissue. Metastasis and neoplasm are Oncology.
Nervous system
In biology, the nervous system is the highly complex part of an animal that coordinates its actions and sensory information by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body.
See Metastasis and Nervous system
Neurology
Neurology (from νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous system, which comprises the brain, the spinal cord and the peripheral nerves.
Oncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of cancer.
Ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is a cancerous tumor of an ovary.
See Metastasis and Ovarian cancer
Ovary
The ovary is a gonad in the female reproductive system that produces ova.
Pain
Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli.
Palliative care
Palliative care (derived from the Latin root, or 'to cloak') is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses.
See Metastasis and Palliative care
Papillary thyroid cancer
Papillary thyroid cancer (papillary thyroid carcinoma, PTC) is the most common type of thyroid cancer, representing 75 percent to 85 percent of all thyroid cancer cases.
See Metastasis and Papillary thyroid cancer
Pathogen
In biology, a pathogen (πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and -γενής, "producer of"), in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease.
Patient-centered outcomes
Patient-centered outcomes are results of health care that can be obtained from a healthcare professional's ability to care for their patients and their patient's families in ways that are meaningful, valuable and helpful to the patient.
See Metastasis and Patient-centered outcomes
Peritoneal cavity
The peritoneal cavity is a potential space between the parietal peritoneum (the serous membrane that surrounds the abdominal wall) and visceral peritoneum (which surrounds the internal organs).
See Metastasis and Peritoneal cavity
Pleural cavity
The pleural cavity, pleural space, or intrapleural space is the potential space between the pleurae of the pleural sac that surrounds each lung.
See Metastasis and Pleural cavity
PLOS
PLOS (for Public Library of Science; PLoS until 2012&thinsp) is a nonprofit publisher of open-access journals in science, technology, and medicine and other scientific literature, under an open-content license.
Portal vein
The portal vein or hepatic portal vein (HPV) is a blood vessel that carries blood from the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen to the liver.
See Metastasis and Portal vein
Positron emission tomography
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique that uses radioactive substances known as radiotracers to visualize and measure changes in metabolic processes, and in other physiological activities including blood flow, regional chemical composition, and absorption.
See Metastasis and Positron emission tomography
Pre-metastatic niche
A pre-metastatic niche is an environment in a secondary organ that can be conducive to the metastasis of a primary tumor.
See Metastasis and Pre-metastatic niche
Primary tumor
A primary tumor is a tumor growing at the anatomical site where tumor progression began and proceeded to yield a cancerous mass.
See Metastasis and Primary tumor
Prognosis
Prognosis (Greek: πρόγνωσις "fore-knowing, foreseeing";: prognoses) is a medical term for predicting the likelihood or expected development of a disease, including whether the signs and symptoms will improve or worsen (and how quickly) or remain stable over time; expectations of quality of life, such as the ability to carry out daily activities; the potential for complications and associated health issues; and the likelihood of survival (including life expectancy).
Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system below the bladder.
See Metastasis and Prostate cancer
Protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy or radiotherapy (RT, RTx, or XRT) is a treatment using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of cancer therapy to either kill or control the growth of malignant cells.
See Metastasis and Radiation therapy
Radiosurgery
Radiosurgery is surgery using radiation, that is, the destruction of precisely selected areas of tissue using ionizing radiation rather than excision with a blade.
See Metastasis and Radiosurgery
Renal cell carcinoma
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a kidney cancer that originates in the lining of the proximal convoluted tubule, a part of the very small tubes in the kidney that transport primary urine.
See Metastasis and Renal cell carcinoma
Right lymphatic duct
The right lymphatic duct is an important lymphatic vessel that drains the right upper quadrant of the human body.
See Metastasis and Right lymphatic duct
Sarcoma
A sarcoma is a malignant tumor, a type of cancer that arises from cells of mesenchymal (connective tissue) origin.
Securin
Securin is a protein involved in control of the metaphase-anaphase transition and anaphase onset.
Sentinel lymph node
The sentinel lymph node is the hypothetical first lymph node or group of nodes draining a cancer. Metastasis and sentinel lymph node are Oncology.
See Metastasis and Sentinel lymph node
Shortness of breath
Shortness of breath (SOB), known as dyspnea (in AmE) or dyspnoea (in BrE), is an uncomfortable feeling of not being able to breathe well enough.
See Metastasis and Shortness of breath
Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide F
Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein F is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SNRPF gene.
See Metastasis and Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide F
Somatic (biology)
In cellular biology, the term somatic is derived from the French somatique which comes from Ancient Greek σωματικός (sōmatikós, “bodily”), and σῶμα (sôma, “body”.) is often used to refer to the cells of the body, in contrast to the reproductive (germline) cells, which usually give rise to the egg or sperm (or other gametes in other organisms).
See Metastasis and Somatic (biology)
Stephen Paget
Stephen Paget (17 July 1855 – 8 May 1926) was an English surgeon and pro-vivisection campaigner.
See Metastasis and Stephen Paget
Stomach cancer
Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a cancer that develops from the lining of the stomach.
See Metastasis and Stomach cancer
Sudan
Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa.
Surgery
Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (i.e., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass), to reconstruct or improve aesthetics and appearance (cosmetic surgery), or to remove unwanted tissues (body fat, glands, scars or skin tags) or foreign bodies.
Testicular cancer
Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of the male reproductive system.
See Metastasis and Testicular cancer
The Canon of Medicine
The Canon of Medicine (al-Qānūn fī l-ṭibb; Qānun dar Teb; Canon Medicinae) is an encyclopedia of medicine in five books compiled by Muslim Persian physician-philosopher Avicenna (ابن سینا, ibn Sina) and completed in 1025.
See Metastasis and The Canon of Medicine
The Hallmarks of Cancer
The hallmarks of cancer were originally six biological capabilities acquired during the multistep development of human tumors and have since been increased to eight capabilities and two enabling capabilities. Metastasis and the Hallmarks of Cancer are Oncology.
See Metastasis and The Hallmarks of Cancer
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
See Metastasis and The New York Times
Thoracic duct
In human anatomy, the thoracic duct (also known as the left lymphatic duct, alimentary duct, chyliferous duct, and Van Hoorne's canal) is the larger of the two lymph ducts of the lymphatic system (the other being the right lymphatic duct).
See Metastasis and Thoracic duct
Thyroid cancer
Thyroid cancer is cancer that develops from the tissues of the thyroid gland.
See Metastasis and Thyroid cancer
TNM staging system
The TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors (TNM) is a globally recognised standard for classifying the anatomical extent of the spread of malignant tumours (cancer).
See Metastasis and TNM staging system
Transforming growth factor beta
Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) is a multifunctional cytokine belonging to the transforming growth factor superfamily that includes three different mammalian isoforms (TGF-β 1 to 3, HGNC symbols TGFB1, TGFB2, TGFB3) and many other signaling proteins.
See Metastasis and Transforming growth factor beta
Tumour heterogeneity
Tumour heterogeneity describes the observation that different tumour cells can show distinct morphological and phenotypic profiles, including cellular morphology, gene expression, metabolism, motility, proliferation, and metastatic potential. Metastasis and tumour heterogeneity are Oncology.
See Metastasis and Tumour heterogeneity
Urogenital pelvic malignancy
A urogenital pelvic malignancy is a regional lymph node involvement in urogenital malignancies (category N in the TNM classification system) is a significant radiologic finding, with important implications for treatment and prognosis.
See Metastasis and Urogenital pelvic malignancy
Venous angle
The venous angle (also known as Pirogoff's angle and in Latin as angulus venosus) is the junction where the ipsilateral internal jugular vein and subclavian vein unite to form the ipsilateral brachiocephalic vein.
See Metastasis and Venous angle
Venous blood
Venous blood is deoxygenated blood which travels from the peripheral blood vessels, through the venous system into the right atrium of the heart.
See Metastasis and Venous blood
Vertigo
Vertigo is a condition in which a person has the sensation that they are moving, or that objects around them are moving, when they are not.
Young's modulus
Young's modulus (or Young modulus) is a mechanical property of solid materials that measures the tensile or compressive stiffness when the force is applied lengthwise.
See Metastasis and Young's modulus
See also
Cancer pathology
References
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