Spread of Cancer
Technical Explanation of Cancer Mapping
Interactive Visualization of Metastases from Breast Cancer
Interactive Visualization of Metastases from Head and Neck Cancer
The cartoon below depicts a constructed cartography of recurrences from breast cancers. Although the physical distance from the primary site of these cancers to the bone and liver is independent of the tumors estrogen-receptor status (ER- or ER+), the most likely recurrence site of these tumors are, as it turns out, dependant on whether the tumor cells are ER- or ER+. ER- tumors are more likely to recur in the liver while ER+ cells are more likely to recur in bones. Therefore, as seen in this example, when measured with constructed cartography ER- primary sites are "closest" to liver while ER+ cells are "closest" to bone, no matter their physical location.
