Metastatic cancer to the lung

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

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

See also: Lung cancer

Lung metastases

Metastatic tumors in the lungs are cancers that developed at other sites and spread through the bloodstream or lymphatic system to the lungs. Common tumors that spread to the lungs include:

• Bladder cancer
• Breast cancer
• Colon cancer
• Neuroblastoma
• Prostate cancer
• Sarcoma
• Wilm's tumor

However, almost any cancer has the ability to spread to the lungs.

Review Date: 09/04/2008
Reviewed By: Sean O. Stitham, MD, private practice in Internal Medicine, Seattle, Washington; and James R. Mason, MD, Oncologist, Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Processing Lab, Scripps Clinic, Torrey Pines, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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