How Does Cancer Spread Throughout the Body?
Video Transcript How Does Cancer Spread Throughout the Body? This is Dr. David Cathcart from Heartland Regional Medical Center here in Saint Joseph, Missouri. Today we’re going to talk about how cancer spreads through the body. Cancer cells are ordinary cells like any other cells in the body, except for these cells have been re-programed to grow at an abnormal rate, and they don’t stick to the places that they are supposed to stick to. For example: in our heart, our heart cells pretty much stay with our heart, they don’t break off and go to other parts of the body, or our brain cells, or our kidney cells, they stay where their supposed to be. Cancer cells on the other hand don’t have that ability to stay, o.k. if they did then most cancers would be much more treatable than they are, but the problem is that these cancers, these cells break off and they travel through lymph channels which are essentially tubules that transport antibodies and other infection or disease fighting cells thro
• • By: rivera Field: Biology SHARE FAVORITE DOWNLOAD REPORT • (80%) (1 Vote) • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 Rating: //–> addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; addthis_pub = ‘basst’; Tags: cancer spread body lymphatic system cells • Dr. David Cathcart specializes in occupational medicine and has an in-depth knowledge of cancer, as well as experience dealing with cancer patients and treatment.Here, he explains how cancer spreads within the body. Cancer spreads throughout the body by being metastasized and moving throughout the lymphatic system. Find out how cancer cells steal nutrients from organs in the body with information from a doctor in this free video on cancer.
