LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

CELL BIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The spreading of cancerous cells is called
A
metastasis
B
carcinogenesis
C
angiogenesis
D
homeostasis
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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 body. The metastatic tumor is the same type of cancer as the primary tumor .

Detailed explanation-2: -Metastasis is a word used to describe the spread of cancer. Unlike normal cells, cancer cells have the ability to grow outside of the place in your body where they originated. When this happens, it’s called metastatic cancer, advanced cancer or Stage IV cancer.

Detailed explanation-3: -Metastatic cancer is cancer that has spread from where it started to another part of the body. The original cancer is called the primary tumour. The cancer in another part of the body is called metastatic cancer. Metastatic cancer has the same type of cancer cells as the primary cancer.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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