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
In cancer research, they have been found to affect processes that include cancer metastasis and anti-tumor immune responses.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 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
The gills have become shifted forward by a metastasis similar to that which brought the whole thoracic organs far forward in fish.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
"These clones were then evaluated in vitro and in a mouse model to observe their ability to migrate through a real biological filter and generate metastases," adds Arwen Conod.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026
Three weeks later, she learnt she actually had stage three cancer with limited metastases.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 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
"Seeing our gold compound have such strong efficacy against tough-to-treat ovarian cancer cells is an important step toward addressing recurrent cancers and metastases."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024
In general, it may be said that periosteal tumours are less favourable than central ones, because they are more liable to give rise to metastases.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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