Metastatic cancer to the lung

Disease	Injury	Nutrition	Poison

Special Topic	Surgery	Symptoms	Test

Bronchoscopy

Lung cancer, lateral chest X-ray

Lung cancer, frontal chest X-ray

Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II

Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II #2

Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated

Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated #2

Pulmonary nodule - front view chest X-ray

Pulmonary nodule, solitary - CT scan

Sarcoid, stage II - chest X-ray

Lung with squamous cell cancer - CT scan

Metastatic cancer to the lung

Definition:

When cancer cells from another organ spread to the lungs, they are said to have metastasized to the lung.

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: 8/13/2002
Reviewed By: Robert J. Green, M.D., M.S.C.E., Division of Oncology, Good Samaritan Medical Center, West Palm Beach, FL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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