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metastasise::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | metastasize |
| Type of | distribute, spread |
Examples of metastasise
metastasise
Although benign tumours do not metastasise, they are actually far from harmless.
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It is its ability to metastasise that makes cancer so dangerous.
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What we tend to mean when we describe a tumour as benign is that it is unlikely to spread to other parts of the body or metastasise.
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The researchers chose to study the drug in patients with prostate cancer because of its high tendency to metastasise to bone.
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Up to 90% of men with prostate cancer that is resistant to hormone treatment will have their primary tumour metastasise to bone.
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Before a cancer can spread, or metastasise, tumour cells must acquire the ability to burrow out into the blood or lymph system.
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Other cells gain the ability to spread to other tissues, or metastasise, which is difficult to explain if all cancer cells act independently.
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As a malignant tumour progresses, cells or clumps of cells break off and spread, or metastasise, around the body via the lymphatic system and blood vessels.
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Additionally, she adds, researchers could study how cancers metastasise by putting other cell types, such as bone or liver cells, into the channels along with cancerous cells.
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- Metastasize: spread throughout the body; "the cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved"
- Alternative spelling of metastasize
