Cancer & Oncology

Secondary cancer

Also called: Metastatic cancer

What does Secondary cancer mean?

Cancer present in another site because it spread from the primary cancer.

U.S. National Library of Medicine
Understanding Medical Words ↗ National Cancer Institute
Cancer Terms Dictionary ↗ CDC
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