Assertion: brain tumor's cancer cell | /r/CapableOf | spread to the brain
Facets:
value: from another part of the body
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in some cases
type: TEMPORAL
value: from a primary cancer
type: OTHER
value: in another part of the body
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Approximately 25% of all cancer patients develop secondary or metastatic brain tumors when cancer cells spread from another part of the body to the brain.
text: Approximately 25% of all cancer patients develop secondary or metastatic brain tumors when cancer cells spread from another part of the body to the brain.
text: When cancer cells spread to the brain from another organ (such as the lung or breast), doctors may call the tumor in the brain a secondary tumor or metastatic tumor.
text: Secondary brain tumors occur when cancer cells spread to the brain from a primary cancer in another part of the body.
text: Metastatic tumors are formed by cancer cells that begin in other parts of the body and spread to the brain or spinal cord.
text: Treatment for metastatic brain tumors, which are tumors formed by cancer cells that begin in other parts of the body and spread to the brain, is not discussed in this summary.
text: In some cases, cancer cells that have originated in some other organ of the body, may spread to the brain, thus causing a brain tumors.