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Last uploaded: August 28, 2024
Preferred Name

metastatic neoplasm
Synonyms

metastatic disease

metastatic tumor

Definitions

A tumor that has spread from its original (primary) site of growth to another site, close to or distant from the primary site. Metastasis is characteristic of advanced malignancies, but in rare instances can be seen in neoplasms lacking malignant morphology. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C3261" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C3261" NCI Thesaurus)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/PDQ/CDR0000041687

altLabel

metastatic disease

metastatic tumor

cui

C2939420

Date last modified

2017-06-02

definition

A tumor that has spread from its original (primary) site of growth to another site, close to or distant from the primary site. Metastasis is characteristic of advanced malignancies, but in rare instances can be seen in neoplasms lacking malignant morphology. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C3261" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C3261" NCI Thesaurus)

Legacy PDQ ID

485

NCI ID

C3261

notation

CDR0000041687

prefLabel

metastatic neoplasm

tui

T191

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