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What does metastasize mean?

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  1. (medicine) To spread to other sites in the body; to undergo metastasis.
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To metastasize, the tumour cells also must be able to penetrate the basement membrane of the vessel.
In addition, cancers can metastasize by penetrating into blood vessels, lymphatics, and body cavities.
Desmoplastic fibroma is generally classified as a benign tumor and has not been shown to metastasize.
The tumor also tends to metastasize to the periesophageal lymph nodes and, eventually, to the liver, lungs, or both.
It tends to metastasize faster, resist treatment and result in a bad prognosis.
Melanoma can metastasize and migrate to other organs such as the liver, lungs, bones and brain.

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