metastatic tumor
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- noun
- /ˌmɛtəˈstætɪk ˈtumər/
- Specialized
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tumor metastásico
- Both immunofluorescence and H&E staining were performed on each section of primary tumor, metastatic tumor, and normal mucosa.
- primary and metastatic tumor
- most common metastatic tumor
Examples
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Overall, the cumulative data suggest that IFN-I therapy is most beneficial against early or disseminated cancer, but much less effective against established or metastatic tumors.
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Analysis of the thyroidectomy specimen confirmed that the patient had a papillary carcinoma; metastatic tumors were found in three nodes in the specimen of the left neck dissection.
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In each of the six patients, expression was greater in the metastatic tumor than in the primary tumor.
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We observed EphB4 expression in all primary and metastatic tumors and no expression in the normal tissue.
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Renal cell carcinoma is the third most common metastatic tumor to the bone and soft tissues of the head and neck.
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The patient remains free of recurrent or metastatic tumor four years after the excision of the lesion.
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This is especially true of metastatic tumors, whose extension is rapid and which have high mortality and morbidity rates.
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Renal cell carcinoma, in fact, is the third most common metastatic tumor to the bone and soft tissues of the head and neck, following breast and lung carcinomas.
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Metastatic tumors most commonly originate from the lungs, kidneys, and female genital tract.
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After the diagnosis of a metastatic tumor, the doctors discussed treatment options with the patient.
How Malignant
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'metastatic' (pertaining to spreading) directly modifies 'tumor' (a mass of abnormal cells), so the combined meaning 'a tumor that has spread from its original site' is transparently derivable from the constituents. This is a regular adjective + noun composition and follows a common cross-linguistic medical naming pattern, so a learner who knows both words would understand the MWE.
Etymology
Metastatic tumor comes from the idea that metastatic means 'moving to another place' and tumor means a growth. Imagine the original growth sending out cells like seeds that travel and start new growths, so a metastatic tumor is one that has 'spread' from where it began.