How Does Prostate Cancer Spread. This can happen for several reasons. Prostate cancer starts when cells in the prostate gland grow out of control.
If the cancer has grown outside the prostate preventing or slowing the spread of the cancer to the bones is a major goal of treatment. M1a means that there is spread of prostate cancer into distant lymph nodes. Those cells can spread to other parts of the body and affect healthy tissue.
If the cancer has grown outside the prostate preventing or slowing the spread of the cancer to the bones is a major goal of treatment.
This is often attributed to inflammation of the lymph nodes. When cancer spreads to the bones this is known as bone metastasis. Prostate cancer that has spread through the bloodstream most often first spreads into the bones then into the lungs and liver. M0 means that there is no evidence of spread of prostate cancer into distant tissues or organs.
