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metastasis

[muh-tas-tuh-sis] / məˈtæs tə sɪs /


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Cells are analyzed, their RNA is sequenced, and a metastasis risk score is quickly generated and shared securely with doctors and patients through an encrypted platform.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

Taken together, the results point to a previously underappreciated gut-bone marrow-liver metastasis axis.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

"By building the right immune infrastructure inside tumors, we can potentiate the patient's own defenses -- both T cell and B cell arms -- against cancer growth, relapse, and metastasis."

From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025

Clinically, the induration and fixation of the tumour suggest its epitheliomatous character, but the absence of a primary growth in the mouth or pharynx excludes its being a metastasis in the lymph glands.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander




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