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metastasis

[muh-tas-tuh-sis] / məˈtæs tə sɪs /


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One triggered epithelial-mesenchymal transition, an essential step in cancer progression and metastasis.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 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

"By building the right immune infrastructure inside tumors, we can potentiate the patient's own defenses -- both T cell and B cell arms -- against cancer growth, relapse, and metastasis."

From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025

He had head and neck metastatic cancer, and he ultimately succumbed to lung metastasis, according to CNN, which obtained a cremation approval summary report from the medical examiner’s office in Pinellas County, Florida.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

A further application of the hypothesis of metastasis will be noticed below in connection with the determination of the sternum of fishes.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell