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What are the tumors that like to go to the brain?
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Lung, breast, melanoma, renal cell carcinoma and GI.
Half of all brain tumors are secondary tumors from other sites. ["L.ots of B.ad S.tuff K.ill G.lia"] |
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What are the tumors that like to go to the liver?
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Colon > Stomach > Pancreas > Breast > Lung
"Cancer Sometimes Penetrates Benign Liver" Liver mets are far more common than primary liver tumors. |
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What are the tumors that like to go to bone?
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Prostate, breast, thyroid, testes, lung, kidney
"P.T. B.arnum L.oves K.ids" |
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Bone mets of this primary cancer are lytic (radiolucent=black)
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Lung cancer
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Bone mets of this primary cancer are blastic (radiodense=white)
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Prostate cancer
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Bone mets of this primary cancer are both blastic and lytic
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Breast cancer
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These two cancers are the most frequent cause of bone mets
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Prostate cancer and breast cancer
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