1 Albert DePrisco, left, and author, actor and director Lisa Niemi Swayze at a book signing event at DePrisco Jewelers in Wellesley on November 30, 2013. 2  Patrick Swayze and his wife Lisa Niemi. They were married 34 years until he died of pancreatic cancer in 2009. Niemi's form of release and recovery from losing Swayze was through her best-selling book, Worth Fighting For: Love, Loss and Moving Forward..
bone metastases. Cancer that has spread from a primary tumour to the bone marrow; in descending order of frequency, bone mets originate from: breast, prostate, lung, colon, stomach, bladder, uterus, rectum, thyroid, kidney. Clinical findings.
phlegmonous abscess. Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. abscess. a localized collection of pus in a cavity formed by the disintegration of tissue. Abscesses are usually caused by specific microorganisms that invade the tissues, often by way of small wounds or breaks in the skin. An abscess is a natural defense mechanism in which the body attempts to localize an infection and wall off the microorganisms so that they cannot spread throughout the body.