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- noun medicine Plural form of
metastasis .
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These tumors could also spread from one site to another, causing outcroppings of the disease—called metastases—in distant sites, such as the bones, the brain, or the lungs.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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These tumors could also spread from one site to another, causing outcroppings of the disease—called metastases—in distant sites, such as the bones, the brain, or the lungs.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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These tumors could also spread from one site to another, causing outcroppings of the disease—called metastases—in distant sites, such as the bones, the brain, or the lungs.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Bone metastases occurs when the disease progresses to a patient's bones.
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Leksell Gamma Knife is viewed as the gold standard for accuracy in treating intra-cranial targets, such as metastases and functional disorders.
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"metastases" Sometimes it's every cell for itself!
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• Prostate cancer: Surgery to remove an early-stage prostate tumor reduces the risk of metastases and death in patients, compared with watchful waiting, in which doctors keep a close eye on the cancer.
Clue to What Makes Lyme Bacteria Tick Ann Lukits 2011
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Surgery to remove an early-stage prostate tumor reduces the risk of metastases and death in patients, compared with watchful waiting, in which doctors keep a close eye on the cancer.
Clue to What Makes Lyme Bacteria Tick Ann Lukits 2011
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Then, one day, in the most unexpected and unusual way, I was diagnosed with a rare and still incurable cancer, discovered accidentally: pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer, with metastases in various parts of my abdomen.
Hana Hrabec-Snyder: Why I'm Running Hana Hrabec-Snyder 2011
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A late-stage study presented during the European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress in Stockholm over the weekend confirmed that Bayer's Alpharadin, or radium-223 chloride, significantly prolongs the life of patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer and symptomatic bone metastases.
Prostate-Drug Success Lifts Bayer Natascha Divac 2011
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