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The term metastasize has a Greek origin. From Greek it is translated as the change of the state. In medicine the term signifies cancer spreading to other parts of the body, such as liver, brain and others. The process of malignant growth is characterized by uncontrolled cells multiplying. Cancer cells turn off the primary tumor, get into blood and lymphatic vessels, circulate in the blood and grow elsewhere in the body.

The term metastasize has a Greek origin. It is translated as "the change of the state" from Greek. In medicine, the term signifies cancer spreading to other parts of body, such as liver, brain and others. The process of metastasize is the following. Cancer cells come off the primary tumor, get into blood and lymphatic vessels, circulate in the blood and grow somewhere else in the body.