metastasis
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The relationship remained statistically significant even after the researchers accounted for well-established prognostic factors, including tumor stage, lymph node metastasis, surgical margins, chemotherapy, and nutritional status.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
The technology is a therapeutic vaccine, meaning it can help prevent recurrence and metastasis, but it can’t keep someone from getting melanoma in the first place.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
On Wednesday the company said that a large randomized trial met its goal of preventing cancer recurrence and metastasis, though it didn’t publish the data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Several genes known for tumor-suppressing functions became more active, while genes linked to cancer progression and metastasis became less active.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
The joint lesions may be the only evidence of metastasis, or they may be part of a general infection involving the endocardium, pleura, and tendon sheaths.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Three weeks later, she learnt she actually had stage three cancer with limited metastases.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
Even in mice with advanced disease and existing metastases, the antibody improved the balance between M1 and M2 macrophages.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026
After the mice were given cancer cells that formed lung metastases, treatment with the AbLec led to fewer lung metastases than treatment with trastuzumab alone.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 23, 2025
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
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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