metastasize

Scientists still do not fully understand what controls a cancer cell's ability to metastasize, but answering this question is essential for improving patient care.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026

That’s manifested in a widespread selloff that has started to metastasize beyond purveyors of enterprise software offerings.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 14, 2026

My mom’s cancer was diagnosed late and she was bounced from one provider to another, ultimately allowing her disease to metastasize past the point of no return.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024

The fault isn’t just with them — in Hollywood, blame and error metastasize — and Bach tracks how Transamerica, UA executives and the media contributed to the production’s failure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

Without those limitations, copyright law will bloat and metastasize into a claim of monopoly, or at least control, over the very architectures of our communications technology.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle

Since Starbucks first introduced the drink category in 2012, they’ve quickly metastasized across menus, becoming the popular secret third thing for those who aren’t into the taste or price tag of coffee or matcha.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

“A year and a half ago I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer, which has metastasized to my bones,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Unknown to her, the malignancy metastasized during her pregnancy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

This issue metastasized into something greater for Oracle: The market realized that returns for stockholders could shrink if the OpenAI deal doesn’t fully bear fruit, or if any other part of the business suffers.

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

By late afternoon the squall had metastasized into another major storm.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

As Hass delicately puts it, “The open divergences between Washington and its partners over the war’s legitimacy, execution, and fallout have exposed fissures that risk metastasizing to other issue areas over time.”

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

Sakaguchi said that he wanted to continue researching how to enhance immune responses in cancer and to potentially prevent cancer cells from spreading and metastasizing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

If left untreated, it typically migrates through the optic nerve to the brain, eventually metastasizing and taking the life of the child.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025

Prof Rahul Roychoudhuri, from the University of Cambridge, told me: "What we've discovered is that aspirin might work, surprisingly, by unleashing the power of the immune system to recognize and kill metastasizing cancer cells."

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025

Marley had written that line a year before his death, while an operable melanoma was, at that moment, metastasizing to his lungs, liver, stomach and brain.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover