Metastatic Cancer Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, And Treatment

Metastatic cancer, or Metastasis, is a cancer that has migrated to other parts of the body from its original location. It usually happens when cancer cells spread from their parent tumor, enter your bloodstream or lymphatic system, and eventually move to other body parts. Even though most metastatic cancers are incurable, they can be managed through proper treatment.

What is Metastatic Cancer?

Metastatic Cancer Symptoms

• Extreme exhaustion
• Sweats during the night
• Rapid weight loss

• Liver: bloating, a large abdomen, a drop in appetite, jaundice
• Bones: pain or fractures in the bones
• Brain: headaches, convulsions, vision problems, and seizures
• Lungs: breathlessness, chest pain, cough

Causes of Metastatic Cancer

• A weakened immune response mechanism
• Lack of oxygen in tissues is known as hypoxia.
• The accumulation of lactic acid in the blood is known as lactic acidosis.
• Death of some specific cells (autophagy)

How Does Metastatic Cancer Spread?

• Expand into the tissue close to the initial cancerous area.
• Invade through the surrounding lymph nodes or blood vessels' walls.
• Reach distant body parts through the lymphatic and circulatory systems.
• It affects the walls of tiny blood vessels in another location and spreads across the surrounding tissues.
• It grows into a little tumor in tissues of another area (a metastatic tumor).
• Create new blood vessels to provide blood to the growing tumor.

Where Does Metastasis Spread More?

Metastatic Cancer Diagnosis

• Biopsy of the tumor
• Blood tests
• Scanning of bones
• CT (computed tomography) scans.
• MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
• PET (positron emission tomography)
• tumor marker-based tests
• Ultrasound tests
• X-rays

Treatment of Metastatic Cancer

• Chemotherapy
• Hormone treatment
• Radiation treatment
• Targeted Therapy