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Malignancies of the breast, prostate, lung, and kidney have a propensity to metastasize to bony structures, but any invasive cancer capable of hematogenous spread can produce SCC. Cancers that ...

Compr Ophthalmol Update. 2005;6(2):85-101. Antimicrobial medications for conjunctivitis are typically given as one drop (or one-half inch of ointment) four times daily for 5-7 days. Ointments have ...

Mechanisms of the spread of Krukenberg tumor proposed are retrograde lymphatic dissemination involved in gastric cancer metastases, hematogenous spread most frequent in colorectal cancer, and ...

Systemic deposition of silicone in the form of foreign-body granulomas, also known as siliconomas, is a rare complication of breast implant rupture, which is thought to result from silicone lymphatic ...

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs), which are now defined as the “break away” cancer cells that derive from primary- or metastatic-tumor sites and present in the bloodstream, are considered to be the ...

Metastatic dissemination represents a hallmark of cancer that is responsible for the high mortality rate. Recently, emerging evidence demonstrates a time-series event—pre-metastatic niche (PMN) has a ...

The lungs grossly showed very little disease, but microscopically showed hematogenous spread throughout the lungs, obliterating lung structure in many areas. Comparison of the tumor at autopsy ...

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan Dr Y-C Wu, Division of Thoracic Surgery, ...