metastasis

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Marlies, 66, had successful surgery to remove the brain metastases, four days after the ER visit and was home on Christmas Day, according to Frei.

From Seattle Times

"Despite chemotherapy, his neuroendocrine prostate cancer progressed resulting in multifocal brain metastases and a likely paraneoplastic ascending paralysis leading to his death."

From BBC

The text told recipients they had "aggressive lung cancer with metastases", a type of secondary malignant growth.

From BBC

Higher levels of Candida in gastrointestinal tumour cells were linked to more gene activity that promotes inflammation, a higher rate of metastasis and lower survival rates, the researchers found.

From Scientific American

Fighting a metastasis in her bones, she says she fears for other women as doctors seek to avoid legal reprimands for recommending abortions.

From Reuters