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whournameiz
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06/10/07 - 02:14 PM

what is the difference between seeding and bloodborn metastasis?

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06/10/07 - 02:23 PM

hematogenous spread is the usual mechanism of dissemination for sarcomas whereas in seeding malignant cells exfoliate from a surface and implant and invade tissue in a body cavity

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drmohamed811
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06/10/07 - 08:12 PM

i agree with you silver as hematogenous spread usually is a distant metastasis like when thyroid tumor metastasis to bone but seeding usually is a local process occur in visceral organs by which malignant cells implant itself on the visceral peritoneum then travel to the parietal peretonium and affect a nearby organ

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