Caribbean L 46 ife, Oct. 11-17, 2019 BQ
Explaining
metastatic cancer
Cancer survival rates are on
the rise, and that rise can be
credited to a host of factors.
Advancements in cancer
research and treatment have played
a big role in rising survival rates, as
have the efforts of various organizations
to promote cancer prevention
and raise awareness about the
disease.
The World Health Organization
notes that between 30 and 50 percent
of cancers can currently be
prevented by avoiding certain risk
factors and implementing evidencebased
prevention strategies. However,
people can be vulnerable to
cancer if they do not pay attention
to their bodies or make an effort
to protect themselves against certain
risk factors for cancer. In such
instances, cancer may already have
spread to other parts of their bodies,
or metastasized, before they are even
diagnosed, greatly reducing their
likelihood of surviving the disease.
Cancer that spreads to distant
parts of the body is known as metastatic
cancer and is often referred
to as “stage IV cancer.” According
to the National Cancer Institute,
when observed under a microscope,
metastatic cancer cells feature traits
like that of the primary cancer and
do not mimic the cells in the part of
the body where the cancer is found.
That is how doctors can tell that
Cancer that spreads to distant parts
of the body is known as metastatic
cancer and is often referred to as
“stage IV cancer.”
the cancer is metastatic cancer and
has spread from another part of the
body.
When doctors diagnose metastatic
cancer, they will refer to it with the
same name as the primary cancer
regardless of where the metastatic
cancer was discovered. For example,
the Institute notes that breast cancer
that has spread to the lungs will
not be referred to as lung cancer, but
metastatic breast cancer. In addition,
when treating the disease in
this example, doctors will treat the
cancer as stage IV breast cancer, not
as lung cancer.
Understanding metastatic cancer
can help recently diagnosed men and
women better comprehend their disease
and their prognosis.
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