metastasis
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The strategy may also help prevent metastasis, a crucial stage in cancer progression.
From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026
Additional experiments showed that the compounds reduced cancer cell migration, an important finding because metastasis is a major cause of death in ovarian cancer.
From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025
Furthermore, all mice that remained tumor-free after vaccination also resisted metastasis when exposed systemically to cancer cells.
From Science Daily • Oct. 13, 2025
When the mice were systemically exposed to melanoma cells to mimic metastasis, none of the nanoparticle-vaccinated mice developed lung tumors, while every other mouse did.
From Science Daily • Oct. 13, 2025
It is important to note this hypothesis of a "metastasis" which Geoffroy makes, for it is the key to the understanding of many of the far-fetched homologies which he tries to establish.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
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Cell Biology - Middle School
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Cell Biology - High School
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