metastatic tumor meaning

Noun: metastatic tumor
Usage: US (=metastatic tumour)

1. A tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body
   - malignant tumor [US], malignant neoplasm, malignant tumour [Brit, Cdn], metastatic tumour [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: metastatic tumors

Type of: malignance, malignancy, neoplasm, tumor [US], tumour [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Metastatic tumor

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1. survival analysis of 107 patients with brain metastatic tumor after radiotherapy
2. it accounts only for less than 4 % of all metastatic tumors to the oral cavity
3. a cerebellopontin angle ( cpa ) metastatic tumor from colon cancer is extremely rare
4. metastatic tumor of pleura