metastasized
past simple and past participle ofmetastasize
metastasize
verb[I]
medicalspecialized(UKusuallymetastasise)uk/metˈæs.tə.saɪz/us/metˈæs.tə.saɪz/Ifcancercellsmetastasize, theyspreadto otherpartsof thebodyandcausetumourstogrowthere.
Cells
- anaphase
- anti-platelet
- assort
- biotech
- bipolar
- diploid
- erythrocyte
- germ cell
- haemoglobin
- histography
- homologous chromosomes
- infiltration
- intercellular
- intermitotic
- meiosis
- prophase
- protoplasmic
- ribosomal
- ribosome
- sensory neuron
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metastasized
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Over time, the cancermetastasizedto her jaw and lung.
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She was eligible for our research because of a diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the salivary gland thatmetastasizedto the brain.
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In colon and rectal cancer that hasmetastasizedto other organs, chemotherapy can extend survival by approximately 6 months and also improve quality of life.
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In advanced ormetastasizedcancer, chemotherapy may extend survival from a few months to half a year.
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In advanced ormetastasizednon-small-cell lung cancer, chemotherapy can provide minor extensions in survival (1 to 3 months), and alleviation of symptoms has been well documented in some patients.
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The final sample included 84 women with primary ovarian cancer (58%), and 61 women with other cancers (42%), including uterine and other cancersmetastasizedto the ovaries and abdomen.
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The literature shows that chemotherapy for 6 months, as a complement to surgery, slightly increases the odds for cure in colon cancer that hasmetastasizedto the lymph nodes.
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Chemotherapy as a complement to surgery shows no confirmed effects on either rectal cancer or colon cancer that has notmetastasizedto the lymph nodes.
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He rejects the treatment for hismetastasizedtumor that might offer him a slim (less than 5%) chance of survival.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The cancermetastasizedand spread to her brain, and it became clear that she had little time to live.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She fought breast cancer thatmetastasizedto the bones.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The operation revealed that the cancer hadmetastasized.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nonetheless, cancer remains a major cause of illness and death, and conventional cytotoxic chemotherapy has proved unable to cure most cancers after they havemetastasized.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When the cancer hasmetastasizedto other sites in the body prior to surgery, complete surgical excision is usually impossible.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Inflammatory carcinomas have a very poor prognosis, and have usuallymetastasizedby the time of diagnosis.
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