‘Metastases’

Metastases In Cervical Cancer

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Cervical CancerCervical cancer can be in several ways:

* Straight through growth in the area
* By metastases in the lymfbaan
* By metastases in the blood

If the cancer grows, it may penetrate the underlying muscle layer of the pelvic floor, in the vagina or the uterus, at a later stage in the bladder, the rectum or the abdominal cavity.

There may also be detached and tumor cells through the lymphatic and / or blood dissemination. If metastases occur, especially in cervical cancer through the illnesses of the circulatory. Dissemination through the blood of cervical cancer occurs less often and then only at a later stage. Then metastases occur in the lungs, bones or liver. (more…)

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