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Metastasize

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-005310

To spread from one part of the body to another. When cancer cells metastasize and form secondary tumors, the cells in the metastatic tumor are like those in the original (primary) tumor.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-005310
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-005310",
  "term": "Metastasize",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "To spread from one part of the body to another. When cancer cells metastasize and form secondary tumors, the cells in the metastatic tumor are like those in the original (primary) tumor.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/metastasize/"
}

Record 10,917 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.