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Metastatic cancer to the lung

Bronchoscopy
Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated
Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated
Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated #2
Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated #2
Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II
Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II
Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II #2
Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II #2
Lung cancer, frontal chest X-ray
Lung cancer, frontal chest X-ray
Lung cancer, lateral chest X-ray
Lung cancer, lateral chest X-ray
Lung with squamous cell cancer - CT scan
Lung with squamous cell cancer - CT scan
Pulmonary nodule, solitary - CT scan
Pulmonary nodule, solitary - CT scan
Pulmonary nodule - front view chest X-ray
Pulmonary nodule - front view chest X-ray
Respiratory system
Respiratory system
Sarcoid, stage II - chest X-ray
Sarcoid, stage II - chest X-ray
Definition

Metastatic lung cancer is cancer that starts somewhere else in the body and spreads to the lungs.

See also: Lung cancer


Alternative Names

Lung metastases


Causes, incidence, and risk factors

Metastatic tumors in the lungs are malignancies (cancers) that developed at other sites and spread via the blood stream to the lungs. Common tumors that metastasize to the lungs include breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, sarcoma, bladder cancer, neuroblastoma, and Wilm's tumor. However, almost any cancer has the capacity to spread to the lungs.



Review Date: 09/11/2006
Reviewed By: Rita Nanda, M.D., Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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