Monday, May 17, 2021

COMMON METASTASES - MNEMONICS

SITE OF METASTASIS                              PRIMARY TUMOUR 

BRAIN                                                                    Lots of Bad Stuff Kill microGlia
                                                                                 Lung, Breast, Skin (melanoma), Kidney, GI(colon)

LIVER                                                                     Cancer Sometimes Penetrates Big Liver   
                                                                                 Colon, Stomach, Pancreas, Breast, Lung 

BONE                                                                      Permanently Relocated Tumours Like Bones
                                                                                 Prostate, Renal, Thyroid, Lungs, Breast

     

P.S. - FOUR CARCINOMAS ROUTE HEMATOGENOUSLY! 

        (Follicular carcinoma thyroid, Choriocarcinoma, Renal cell carcinoma, Hepatocellular Carcinoma)

Hope these mnemonics help!

Feel free to add any more fun mnemonics :)


- Padma Sri Katikaneni





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