metastasize

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"Hopefully in the future we will be able to determine which women are more likely to have a tumor that would metastasize, and we could then tailor therapy specifically for them, avoiding the use of harsh treatments for those with a low probability of metastasis."

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  1. intransitive verb To be transmitted or transferred by metastasis.
  2. intransitive verb To be changed or transformed, especially dangerously: "a need for love that would metastasize into an insatiable craving for attention” (Michiko Kakutani).
  3. intransitive verb To spread, especially destructively: "[disinformation] ... that even now continues to metastasize ... to such a degree that myth threatens to overthrow history” (Gore Vidal).

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  • "Our earlier studies clearly established that inherited factors also play an important role in metastatic progression and can help distinguish which tumors have a propensity to metastasize," study author Kent W. Hunter, head of the NCI's Metastasis Susceptibility Section in the Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, said in an NCI release. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
  • "Hopefully, in the future, we will be able to determine which women are more likely to have a tumor that would metastasize, and we could then tailor therapy specifically for them, avoiding the use of harsh treatments for those with a low probability of metastasis." —  Medlogs - Recent stories
  • "Our earlier studies clearly established that inherited factors also play an important role in metastatic progression and can help distinguish which tumors have a propensity to metastasize," said author Kent W. Hunter, Ph. D., head of NCI's Metastasis Susceptibility Section in the Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics. —  RxPG News : Latest Medical, Healthcare and Research News
  • "Hopefully in the future we will be able to determine which women are more likely to have a tumor that would metastasize, and we could then tailor therapy specifically for them, avoiding the use of harsh treatments for those with a low probability of metastasis." —  RxPG News : Latest Medical, Healthcare and Research News
  • An understanding of how cancers metastasize could be closer, thanks to research into a biological communication mechanism known as cellular waves ...
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/mɛˈtæstəsaɪz/
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