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CUTANEOUS-METASTASES


subject field: medicine: disease
origination date: 05/06/2002
originator: Clara
check date: 24/06/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISAMETASTATIC-CANCER
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
HAVE-NEOPLASM
LIVING-EVENT
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-STAGE-EXTENSION
METASTATIC-CANCER
PHYSICAL-EVENT


English
cutaneous metastasesdefinition: spread of cancer from another site to the skin. The lesions on the skin develop as hard, immovable nodules, plaque formations, and ulcerating wounds. Such lesions, which are rare, most often originate on the front of the trunk. Treatment of cutaneous metastases includes chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, and biological therapy. (en)
number: plural
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term

Spanish
metástasis cutáneadefinition: diseminación del cáncer proveniente de otra parte del organismo a la piel. Las metástasis cutáneas son poco frecuentes y las lesiones se desarrollan en forma de nódulos fijos y duros, placas y úlceras, originándose la mayoría en el tronco. El tratamiento de la metástasis cutánea lo constituyen quimioterapia, radioterapia, terapia hormonal y terapia biológica. (es)
gender: feminine
number: plural
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term
part of speech: noun