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.
Chondromalacia, very simply put represents a softening and early degenerative process involving the cartilage on the underside of your kneecap or patella. It is more common in woman, some as young as teenagers.Cartilage is a very important structure in our knee.hondromalacia patella is a very very common diagnosis â and a very common cause of knee pain in young women and in runners of all ages.