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metastasis

[muh-tas-tuh-sis] / məˈtæs tə sɪs /


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This process, known as metastasis, is responsible for roughly 90% of deaths from the disease.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 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

As a result, the conditions become more favorable for tumor growth and tumour metastasis.

From Science Daily Mar. 25, 2026

Cells are analyzed, their RNA is sequenced, and a metastasis risk score is quickly generated and shared securely with doctors and patients through an encrypted platform.

From Science Daily Mar. 21, 2026

Remember what I told you in the bar about metastasis?

From Cancer World by Harry Warner

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

"Between cancer, brain metastases, immune disease and neurodegeneration, millions of patients could someday benefit from targeted brain therapies like the one we've developed."

From Science Daily Dec. 5, 2024

"We have identified the novel protein FOXF1 that stabilizes blood vessels inside the lung tumors, decreases intertumoral hypoxia and prevents lung cancer metastases," explained Dr. Kalin, the senior author on this study.

From Science Daily Apr. 16, 2024

The lymph glands become enlarged after the tumour bursts through the capsule; and metastases to the lungs and bones, particularly the skull, sternum, and mandible, are common.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles




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