(meh-tuh-STA-tik) 
Having to do
with metastasis, which is the spread of cancer from the
primary site (place where it started) to other places in
the body.
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Metastasis. In metastasis, cancer cells break away from where they first formed (primary cancer), travel through the blood or lymph system, and form new tumors (metastatic tumors) in other parts of the body. The metastatic tumor is the same type of cancer (more...)
Metastasis: How Cancer Spreads. Many cancer deaths are caused when cancer moves from the original tumor and spreads to other tissues and organs. This is called metastatic cancer. This animation shows how cancer cells travel from the place in the body (more...)
