metastasis

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"Epigenetic alterations are underappreciated as a major route to developing and fueling the growth of cancer metastasis," says Andrew Feinberg, M.D.,

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

"This could suggest that, to develop treatments for pancreatic cancer metastasis, the gene may not need to be entirely shut down to have a positive effect," says Feinberg.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 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

Furthermore, all mice that remained tumor-free after vaccination also resisted metastasis when exposed systemically to cancer cells.

From Science Daily • Oct. 13, 2025

New growths which originate in the skeleton are spoken of as primary tumours; those which invade the bones, either by metastasis from other parts of the body or by spread from adjacent tissues, as secondary.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis