05-11-2010, 08:49 PM
a 55 yo man comes to the physician because of maroon colored stool for 3 weeks. Physical exam shows no abnormalities. Test of stool for occult blood is positive. colonoscopy shows a 4 cm mass at the splenic flexure. A biopsy specimen of the mass shows adenocarnoma. this patient's cancer is most likeley to next spread to which of the following organs.
1) bone
2) brain
3) liver
4) lung
5) spleen
1) bone
2) brain
3) liver
4) lung
5) spleen