Metastasis / Dissemination

1. Overview of metastatic spreading.- 2. Pattern of metastasis.- 3. Metastasis to the central nervous system.- 4. Statistics in esophageal cancer progression in man.- 5. Metastatic disease to the lung in the human.- 6. Statistics on lung cancer progression in man.- 7. Progression of cancer of the large intestine.- 8. Liver metastases: Experimental and clinical considerations.- 9. Metastasis to bone in mammals.- 10. Acceleration of metastatic growth after surgical excision of the primary tumor in the experimental animals.- 11. Metastasis of epithelial neoplasms: Progression of neoplasms deriving from lining membranes - A review.- 12. Metastasis of epithelial neoplasms: Desmal epithelia (including vasoformative tissue), epithelia of synovial origin.- 13. Metastases of epithelial neoplasms - Progression of neoplasms deriving from glandular structures: Exocrine glands.- 14. Metastases of epithelial neoplasms: Progression of neoplasms deriving from glandular structures: Endocrine glands - A review.- 15. The normal and abnormal pulmonary neuro endocrine cells.- 16. Progression of neoplasms deriving from pigmented tissues.- 17. Neoplasms metastasis deriving from supporting tissues.- 18. Progression of malignant neoplasms originating directly in connective tissues as such - Mesenchyme, spinocellular, gelatinous, loose, and fibrous connective tissues).- 19. Progression of neoplasms deriving from muscle tissues.- 20. Progression of tumors of the neuronal series.- 21. Tumors of the meninges, neuroglia, choroid plexus and neurohumoral structures.- 22. Metastasis of teratomas.- 23. Psychological influences on metastatic disease progression.- Index of subjects.

`All these articles make instructive reading, and so this volume, too, should find its place on the shelves of every oncologist. Content and outward presentation justify the price.' Pathologic Research and Practice 187, 1991