metastasis
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This early nerve invasion raises the risk of metastasis and is closely tied to how aggressive the disease becomes.
From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026
Taken together, the results point to a previously underappreciated gut-bone marrow-liver metastasis axis.
From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026
"Since then, we've discovered its mechanism of action in breast cancer growth, metastasis and immune exhaustion and developed an antibody to block SFRP2."
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 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
The unreliability and incorrectness of this terminology is best illustrated by another form of leukæmic metastasis.
From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.
Vocabulary lists containing metastasis
Cell Biology - Middle School
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Cell Biology - High School
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