Like the seeds of a dandelion drift on the wind and land other places, cancer can spread under the right conditions. How does cancer spread and why does it happen? We tackle these questions in this episode in our series “Everything you always wanted to know about cancer, but didn’t have anyone to ask.” https://bit.ly/440dQKo

In This Episode:

• 3:44 - Road Trip: Missouri and Recipe for Gooey Butter Cake
• 5:22 - What is Your Life's Resume? A Short Guide to a Happy Life
• 8:10 - What Makes Cancer Spread? (Metastasize)
• 11:33 - Why Does Metastasis Happen?
• 13:58 - Where Does Cancer Tend to Spread To?
• 16:02 - Discussion About Metastatic Cancer
• 17:42 - Discussion - How Do You Find Cancer?
• 23:26 - What's Left of Me: Poems of a Dead Soul
• 24:12 - Outro

Simply put, metastasis is when the cancer moves from the original organ to another part of the body. The goal of treating metastatic cancer is to control it by stopping or slowing its growth. Some people can live for years with metastatic cancer that is well-controlled. The treatment depends on the type of primary cancer, where it has spread, previous cancer treatments, and general health.

Cancer researchers, at the most basic level, focus their energy on what makes cancer cells start in the first place and what makes it metastasize. We’ve been talking the last few weeks about the basic aspects of cancer and this week we are going to talk about cancer cells going rogue and moving through the body. This is called metastasis, or stage 4 cancer. 

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