When the cancer has spread to other parts of the body, it is called metastatic cancer. The liver, lungs, lymph nodes, and bones are common areas of spread or metastasis. Even when cancer spreads to a new location, it is still named after the area of the body where it started.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Chondroplasty refers to surgery of the cartilage, the most common being corrective surgery of the cartilage of the knee. Surgery known as thyroid chondroplasty (or trachea shave) is used to reduce the visibility of the Adam's Apple in transsexual women.
knee. 1  I had an MRI and it showed only low grade chondromalacia (slight erosion of the cartilage under the kneecap). 2  Chondromalacia of the patella (knee cap) is a common degenerative process of unknown etiology that involves the cartilage (thinning and erosion) of the articular surface of the patella.