Metastatic cancer to the lung

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Bronchoscopy	Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated	Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated #2	Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II
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 lung cancer 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 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: 09/11/2006
Reviewed By: Rita Nanda, M.D., Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.