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metastasis

[muh-tas-tuh-sis] / məˈtæs tə sɪs /


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The strategy may also help prevent metastasis, a crucial stage in cancer progression.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

One triggered epithelial-mesenchymal transition, an essential step in cancer progression and metastasis.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

"Since then, we've discovered its mechanism of action in breast cancer growth, metastasis and immune exhaustion and developed an antibody to block SFRP2."

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026

Additional experiments showed that the compounds reduced cancer cell migration, an important finding because metastasis is a major cause of death in ovarian cancer.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

The conditions in myelogenic leukæmia are quite similar, for foci of myeloid tissue may appear in the spleen or lymph glands according to the kind of metastasis.

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




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