Biology GCSE
Spread in the blood
What Spread in the blood means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Cells can break away and travel to other parts of the body in the blood.
Topics that use Spread in the blood
- Cancer (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Benign tumour
- cancer
- Absence of invasion and spread
- Invasion of tissues
- Malignant tumour
- Membrane containment
- Secondary tumours
- Tumour
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