Definition of cloistered. 1  1 : being or living in or as if in a cloister cloistered nuns. 2  2 : providing shelter from contact with the outside world the cloistered atmosphere of a small college the cloistered life of the monastery.
There are several ways in which lung cancer can cause back pain. The tumor alone may contribute to back pain by creating direct pressure on structures in the back. Cancer may also irritate nerves traveling through the chest or the lining of the lungs which can be interpreted by the brain as back pain.
back pain also may be caused by the spread metastasis of lung cancer to bones in the spine roughly 30 to 40 percent of people with lung cancer experience bone metastases at some time during their illness the adrenal glands are small glands in the abdomen near the top of the kidneys