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The 24 pages that link to Metastasis, each with the reason it gives.

• CancerBroader topic: It explains how cancer becomes life-threatening beyond its original tissue.

• ChemotaxisRelated: Chemical cues can influence cancer-cell migration and organ-specific spread.

• CarcinogenesisBroader topic: In malignant carcinogenesis, some cells acquire the ability to invade and colonize other tissues.

• Colorectal cancerNarrower topic: Colorectal cancer commonly spreads to the liver and lungs, changing prognosis and treatment.

• Lung cancerNarrower topic: Lung cancer outcomes change substantially when tumors spread beyond the chest.

• MelanomaNarrower topic: Melanoma’s ability to metastasize makes early detection and staging consequential.

• Skin cancerRelated: Melanoma and some other skin cancers become life-threatening through distant spread.

• Cancer stagingRelated: Distant spread usually determines the M category and can change the stage substantially.

• Cell adhesionRelated: Altered adhesion can help cancer cells detach, migrate, and establish new growths.

• Clonal evolutionRelated: Disseminated lineages face new environments and undergo further selection.

• Basal cell carcinomaRelated: Distant spread is rare in this cancer, despite its ability to invade locally.

• Breast cancerRelated: Distant spread, rather than growth confined to the breast, causes most breast-cancer deaths.

• OsteosarcomaNarrower topic: Osteosarcoma commonly spreads through the blood, especially to the lungs.

• Squamous cell carcinomaRelated: Advanced tumors can spread through lymphatic channels or blood vessels.

• Bladder cancerNarrower topic: Bladder cancer can spread beyond the urinary tract, changing prognosis and care.

• Cancer researchBroader topic: Research into metastasis addresses the process responsible for most cancer deaths.

• Pancreatic cancerNarrower topic: Early spread to organs such as the liver helps explain the disease’s poor prognosis.

• Lymphatic capillaryRelated: Some cancers enter nearby lymphatic capillaries and spread through regional lymph nodes.

• Amoeboid movementRelated: Some cancer cells use amoeboid movement to invade tissue and pass through tight spaces.

• Benign tumorCompared with: Benign tumors do not metastasize, unlike cancers that spread this way.

• NeoplasmBroader topic: Metastasis is a defining capacity of malignant neoplasms.

• ChondrosarcomaRelated: High-grade chondrosarcoma can spread, most often to the lungs.

• Circulating tumor cellsNarrower topic: Circulating tumor cells are a transient stage in the metastatic cascade.

• SarcomaRelated: Sarcomas commonly spread through the bloodstream, often to the lungs.