Micrometastasis is a form of metastasis (the spread of a cancer from its original location to other sites in the body) in which the newly formed tumors are too minuscule to be detected Adjuvant chemotherapy and adjuvant radiotherapy are directed at killing any micrometastases, thus preventing relapse (regrowth of the cancer) and the (likely) death...
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Small numbers of cancer cells that have spread from the primary tumor to other parts of the body and are too few to be picked up in a screening or diagnostic test.
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Undetectable spread of cancer outside of the breast that is not seen on routine screening tests. Metastasis is too limited to have created enough mass to be observed. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: mī′krō-mĕ-tas′tă-sis Definitions: 1. A stage of metastasis when the secondary tumors are too small to be clinically detected, as in micrometastatic disease.
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