Biology A-Level
metastasis
What metastasis means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of metastasis
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Malignant cells can break off and spread in the blood or lymph to form secondary tumours.
Topics that use metastasis
- Gene expression and cancer (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- abnormal methylation
- benign and malignant tumours
- oestrogen and breast cancer
- oncogenes
- tumour suppressor genes
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