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  1. Metastatic Cancer: When Cancer Spreads - NCI

    Jan 17, 2025 · Metastatic cancer is cancer that spreads from its site of origin to another part of the body. Learn how cancer spreads, possible symptoms, common sites where cancer spreads, and how to …

  2. Tumor Cell Adhesiveness May Predict Metastasis - NCI

    May 6, 2025 · Scientists have developed a device that measures the “stickiness” of cancer cells in tumor samples to determine the likelihood of the cancer metastasizing.

  3. Metastatic Cancer Research - NCI

    Oct 15, 2021 · Find research articles about metastatic cancer, which may include news stories, clinical trials, blog posts, and descriptions of active studies.

  4. Definition of metastasis - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms

    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 …

  5. Treatment for Metastatic Prostate Cancer Often Suboptimal

    Feb 18, 2025 · Many U.S. doctors aren’t using the recommended initial treatments for their patients with hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer, a new study has found.

  6. A More Treatable Kind of Metastatic Cancer? - NCI

    Oct 5, 2020 · People with oligometastatic cancer have only a few metastatic tumors. Researchers are studying whether treating these individual tumors directly with surgery or stereotactic body radiation …

  7. Recurrent Cancer - NCI

    Apr 2, 2025 · Cancer can recur when treatment doesn’t fully remove or destroy all the cancer cells. Learn about the different types of recurrence and how recurrent cancer is restaged and treated.

  8. How Do Dormant Cancer Cells Become Metastases? - NCI

    Apr 10, 2025 · The interplay between dormant cancer cells and components of the immune system appears to heavily influence if cancer later returns as metastatic disease.

  9. Overcoming the Challenges of Metastatic Cancer - NCI

    Sep 20, 2017 · NCI’s Dr. Rosandra Kaplan discusses metastatic cancer research and new ideas for treating and preventing metastatic cancer.

  10. Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment (PDQ®) - NCI

    Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment options include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy. Get detailed information about newly diagnosed and …