Describe the First Stage Involved in Metastasis
Cancer may cause symptoms such as pain or shortness of breath. Select the two correct statements. The Early Stages Of Metastasis Elife Science Digests Elife Pain and fractures when cancer has spread to the bone. . Stage I Stage II and Stage III. Also called carcinoma in situ or CIS. In this situation the metastases are usually found during the initial tests to stage the cancer. Cancer cells invade surrounding tissues and penetrate through the walls of lymphatic and blood vessels thereby gaining access to the bloodstream. Jaundice or swelling in the belly when cancer has spread to the liver. The first step is facilitated by increased motility of cancer cells and increased size of the pores of surrounding tissues that allows the cells to pass by. CIS is not cancer but it may become cancer. When cancer is present in a bone it can be more likely to fracture and the first sign of a bone metastasis may be a path...