Considering the thousands of secondhand smoke-related lung cancers and other diseases diagnosed each year, secondhand smoke is clearly a major cause of death in the United States. Satcher has called on all Americans to join him in a renewed effort to complete the creation of a smokefree society. The CIS also provides free materials on the health consequences of smoking and how to quit. The CIS is a program of the National Cancer Institute. My breast cancer has spread to my lung.
Cancer can begin in any organ or tissue of the body.
The original tumor is called the primary tumor. It is usually named for the part of the body in which it begins. When cancer spreads from the primary tumor to other parts of the body, the disease is called metastatic cancer. The new tumor is called a metastatic tumor. The cancer cells that form a metastatic tumor are like those in the original tumor.