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metastasis

[muh-tas-tuh-sis] / məˈtæs tə sɪs /


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Previous research has also linked HSF1 to the progression and metastasis of breast cancer.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

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

These monocytes normally help cancer cells evade immune defenses and support the growth of metastases.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 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

Reinbach has found them in a case of lymphosarcoma with metastases in the bone-marrow.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by W. Myers




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