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- noun The
microscopic level action ofmetastasis , the spread ofdisease from theprimary site to other areas.
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Ronald Reagan Medical Center, said that "the challenge is, even with the very sophisticated and detailed evaluations we can undertake, if there is a micrometastasis tiny pockets of cancer cells sitting in a lymph node somewhere, we may not pick it up."
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Ronald Reagan Medical Center, said that "the challenge is, even with the very sophisticated and detailed evaluations we can undertake, if there is a micrometastasis tiny pockets of cancer cells sitting in a lymph node somewhere, we may not pick it up."
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Ronald Reagan Medical Center, said that "the challenge is, even with the very sophisticated and detailed evaluations we can undertake, if there is a micrometastasis tiny pockets of cancer cells sitting in a lymph node somewhere, we may not pick it up."
latimes.com - News 2011
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Ronald Reagan Medical Center, said that "the challenge is, even with the very sophisticated and detailed evaluations we can undertake, if there is a micrometastasis tiny pockets of cancer cells sitting in a lymph node somewhere, we may not pick it up."
latimes.com - News 2011
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Ronald Reagan Medical Center, said that "the challenge is, even with the very sophisticated and detailed evaluations we can undertake, if there is a micrometastasis tiny pockets of cancer cells sitting in a lymph node somewhere, we may not pick it up."
latimes.com - News 2011
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Ronald Reagan Medical Center, said that "the challenge is, even with the very sophisticated and detailed evaluations we can undertake, if there is a micrometastasis tiny pockets of cancer cells sitting in a lymph node somewhere, we may not pick it up."
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"This procedure is performed during the surgery, and the methods currently used to look for tumor cells in these nodes are not ultra sensitive, and may therefore miss these malignant cells especially in the case of micrometastasis."
innovations-report 2010
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The project aims at mechanistic analysis of bone marrow micrometastasis in preclinical mouse models of cancer.
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The project aims at mechanistic analysis of bone marrow micrometastasis in preclinical mouse models of cancer.
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"This procedure is performed during the surgery, and the methods currently used to look for tumor cells in these nodes are not ultra sensitive, and may therefore miss these malignant cells especially in the case of micrometastasis."
innovations-report 2010
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