[transfer and growth of a neoplasm from one organ or part of the body to another remote from the primary site; the capacity to metastasize is a characteristic of all malignant cancers. ( CSP )]
UMLS (NCI) C0027627 Relation/PAR: KASVAIMET
neoplastic process
Relation/CHD: Lymphatic Metastasis
circulating neoplastic cell
neoplasm seeding
cancer of unknown primary origin