metastasis
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The technology is a therapeutic vaccine, meaning it can help prevent recurrence and metastasis, but it can’t keep someone from getting melanoma in the first place.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
On Wednesday the company said that a large randomized trial met its goal of preventing cancer recurrence and metastasis, though it didn’t publish the data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Chronically high IL-6 levels have also been linked to recurrence and metastasis of multiple types of cancer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
As a result, the conditions become more favorable for tumor growth and tumour metastasis.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2026
Thus when the liver is torpid, a perpetual uneasiness and depression of spirits occur; which a fit of gout is supposed to cure by a metastasis of the disease.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
Three weeks later, she learnt she actually had stage three cancer with limited metastases.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
Even in mice with advanced disease and existing metastases, the antibody improved the balance between M1 and M2 macrophages.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026
A major validation of this approach came from a melanoma trial that delivered results few expected: a 49% reduction in cancer recurrence and a 62% reduction in deadly distant metastases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
Although this difference was not statistically significant, those treated with pembrolizumab had a 42% lower chance of developing distant metastases, meaning cancer that spread to areas such as the liver, lungs, or bones.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2025
In all of these conditions, examination of the bones with the X-rays gives valuable information and often disclose unsuspected metastases.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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