metastasis
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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
The discovery reveals a previously unknown way that cancer cells left behind after therapy may contribute to metastasis.
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
It is important to note this hypothesis of a "metastasis" which Geoffroy makes, for it is the key to the understanding of many of the far-fetched homologies which he tries to establish.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
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
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
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
If operation is deferred, metastases of the tumour will have occurred, and operation will be too late.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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