Cancer spread, also known as metastasis, is the process where cancer cells break away from the original tumor, travel through the body and start growing in new places.

Cancer metastasis -- the spread of cancer to other organs -- is the leading cause of death among cancer patients. Researchers have now uncovered a 'genetic signature' of 177 genes shared across ...

Cancer becomes far more dangerous when it spreads beyond its original site. Some cancers stay in one place, while others travel through the body, settling in new areas and making treatment much harder ...

Postpartum breast cancer is diagnosed five to ten years after giving birth. It is associated with a higher risk of metastasis and a lower survival rate compared with women who have not been pregnant ...

Learn more about where breast cancer could metastasize, to prepare you for conversations with your doctor laflor/Getty Stock Image When breast cancer spreads to other parts of the body, it’s called ...

More than half of cancer patients in whom the cancer spreads beyond the primary site have lung metastases. What makes the lungs such a tempting place for cancer cells? To find out, the team of Prof.

Cancer specialists have long known that anemia, caused by a lack of healthy red blood cells, can arise when cancer metastasizes to the bone, but it’s been unclear why. A research team led by Princeton ...

The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 313,780 cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2025, resulting in approximately 35,770 deaths. Bone metastasis - a ...

Cancer metastasis—the spread of cancer to other organs—is the leading cause of death among cancer patients. Researchers have now uncovered a “genetic signature” of 177 genes shared across multiple ...