metastasis
Malignancy on move
Metastasis is the spread of cancer from its original site to other parts of the body.
Cancer cells break away from a primary tumor, travel through blood or lymph, and establish new tumors elsewhere: The cancer had metastasized to his liver.
The verb is metastasize.
Figuratively, something harmful that metastasizes spreads insidiously: Corruption metastasized through the institution.
Tumor-inducing genetic element
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- BRCATumor suppressor gene
- angiogenesisFormation of new vessels
- invasionForcible entry into territory
oncogene
Tumor-inducing genetic element
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- BRCATumor suppressor gene
- angiogenesisFormation of new vessels
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- breast cancerbreast cancer, mastectomy, mammogram, lumpectomy, mammography
- Cancermalignant, carcinoma, tumor growth, staging, prognosis
- oncologycancer, tumor, carcinoma, malignancy, oncogene
- medical outcomessurvival rate, cure rate, mortality, death rate, remission
- tumorstumor, cancer, benign tumor, malignant tumor, carcinoma
metastasisin situ
At original location
localization · containment · primary tumor · contained · encapsulation
metastasisstasis
State of inactivity
immobility · fixation · localization · confinement · containment
metastasisremission
Temporary disease absence
regression · cure · resolution · eradication
metastasize, metastases, metastasise, metastasizes, metastasized, metastasised, metastasizing