What term is used to indicate the ability of a cancer to invade other parts of the body and to produce secondary tumours? Metastasis carcinogenesis apoptosis mutagenesis?
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Answer: metastasis
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Cancer metastasis is the spread of cancer cells to tissues and organs beyond where the tumor originated and the formation of new tumors (secondary and tertiary foci) is the single event that results in the death of most patients with cancer. At the time of cancer diagnosis, at least half of the patients already present clinically detectable metastatic disease. A higher number of patients will also have micrometastases that would be beyond conventional detection techniques. Thus, metastasis is the most life threatening event in patients with cancer. The process is composed of a number of sequential events which must be completed in order for the tumor cell to successfully metastasize, the so called metastatic cascade. This process contributes to the complexity of cancer as a multiplex disease. During the metastatic cascade, changes in cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion are of paramount importance