Background Metastasis to the thyroid gland from nonthyroid sites is an uncommon clinical
presentation in surgical practice. The aim of this review was to assess its incidence …

The locations of distant secondary tumors in many clinical cancers and animal tumors are
nonrandom, and their distributions cannot be explained by simple anatomical or mechanical …

BACKGROUND The incidence of metastasis to the thyroid gland in autopsy series varies
from 1.25% to 24%. Metastasis to the thyroid gland is usually considered a terminal event …

Objectives: Metastases to the thyroid gland are not as unusual as previously believed. This
study reports the largest number of patients with metastatic disease of the thyroid to date …

Background Metastases to thyroid (TM) are rarely observed in the clinical practice. Objective
To assess the prevalence, clinicopathological aspects and prognosis of TM, and to evaluate …

That metastases form by way of a complex series of sequential steps involving specific tumor
cell and host properties is now widely accepted [1-8]. Typically, these are the growth and …

n= 5), esophageal adenocarcinoma (n= 1), pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma (n= 1),
gastric leiomyosarcoma (n= 1), lingual squamous cell carcinoma (n= 1), and parotid gland …

BACKGROUND Clear cell tumors of the thyroid gland in general are uncommon. Metastatic
renal cell carcinoma (RCC) to the thyroid gland is a rare occurrence but must be considered …

Background Metastasis to the thyroid is uncommon, but the number of cases seems to have
increased in recent years. This increase may be related to more frequent use of fine‐needle …

Surface properties of metastauc tumor cells 129 A Cell surfaces and metastas~ s 129 B
Biophysical parameters and metastasis 130 C Proteins and glycoprotems of metastauc cells …