NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
TOXICOLOGY
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metastasis
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mutagen
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cancer
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teratogen
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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: -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. 20-Dec-2021
Detailed explanation-3: -Step 1: invasion and migration. Step 2: angiogenesis and intravasation. Step 3: survival in the circulation and attachment to the endothelium. Step 4 and 5: extravasation and colonization. 21-Aug-2019