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oligometastasis

A type of metastasis in which cancer cells from the original (primary) tumor travel through the body and form a small number of new tumors (metastatic tumors) in one or two other parts of the body. For example, cancer cells may spread from the breast to form one or two new tumors in the brain or spread from the colon to form new tumors in the liver. These types of tumors may be treatable.

( AH-lih-goh-meh-TAS-tuh-sis )
Source: NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms

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