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Metastasis

Metastasis is the spread of a pathogenic agent from an initial or primary site to a different or secondary site within the host's body; the term is typically used when referring to metastasis by a cancerous tumor. The newly pathological sites, then, are metastases (mets). It is generally distinguished from cancer invasion, which is the direct extension…

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Other names
Metastatic disease
Pronunciation
/məˈtæstəsɪs/ pl. metastases (/məˈtæstəsiːz/)
Specialty
Oncology

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Etymology

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Metastasis

Nodes147
Edges146
Triples88
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013605
Components1

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Metastasis

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related to history · 12
Metastasis → BC, He, His, Ibn Sina, In March, Medicine, Public Library, Science, Sudan, The, The Canon, These
related to Pathophysiology · 11
Metastasis → CFCs, CTCs, Currently, EMT, Key, MET, Metastatic, Moreover, Some, The, Understanding
related to Organ-specific targets · 10
Metastasis → According, For, In, Krukenberg, Melanoma, Stephen Paget, Stomach, The, There, This
related to Factors involved · 9
Metastasis → Breast, By, Cancer, ECM, Human, Some, The, This, To
related to Metastasis and primary cancer · 7
Metastasis → CUP, However, In, It, Studies, The, UPT
related to Research · 6
Metastasis → Although, In, Sarna's, The, They, Young's
see also · 5
Metastasis → Abscopal, Biology, PET, Séquard, Urogenital
related to Signs and symptoms · 4
Metastasis → In, Initially, Liver, The
is a · 2
Metastasis → key element in cancer staging systems such as the TNM staging system, spread of a pathogenic agent from an initial or primary site to a different or secondary site within the host's body
Other names · 1
Metastasis → Metastatic disease

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cancer cells tumor primary metastatic tumors spread metastases cell metastasize may body breast brain melanoma lymphatic often called secondary lung

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MetastasisOther namesMetastatic disease1.00infobox
MetastasisPronunciation/məˈtæstəsɪs/ pl. metastases (/məˈtæstəsiːz/)1.00infobox
MetastasisSpecialtyOncology1.00infobox
Metastasisis aspread of a pathogenic agent from an initial or primary site to a different or secondary site within the host's body0.90text
Metastasisis akey element in cancer staging systems such as the TNM staging system0.90text
the TNM staging systeminstance ofMetastasis is a key element in cancer staging systems0.80text
where it represents theinstance ofMetastasis is a key element in cancer staging systems0.80text
headachesinstance ofneurological symptoms0.80text
seizuresinstance ofneurological symptoms0.80text
and vertigoAlthough advanced cancer may cause paininstance ofneurological symptoms0.80text
it is often not the first symptom.Some patientsinstance ofneurological symptoms0.80text
howeverinstance ofneurological symptoms0.80text

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