AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The spread of cancer cells from the place where they first formed to another part of the body. In metastasis, cancer cells break away from the original (primary) tumor, travel through the blood or lymph system, and form a new tumor in other organs or tissues of the body.

Detailed explanation-2: -Metastatic tumors (metastases) can occur in three ways: They can grow directly into the tissue surrounding the tumor. Cancer cells can travel through your bloodstream to distant locations in your body. Cancer cells can travel through your lymph system to nearby or distant lymph nodes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Metastasis is ability of cancer cells to spread from one organ or part of the body to another. Cancer cells migrate through blood or lymph pathway and invade other tissues and form new tumors. The process is termed as metastasis. It is the property of malignant tumor.

Detailed explanation-4: -(meh-TAS-tuh-size) To spread from one part of the body to another. When cancer cells metastasize and form secondary tumors, the cells in the metastatic tumor are like those in the original (primary) tumor.