Although this makes it sound like the cancer has spread throughout your body in reality it only means that it is in the 2 nodes They can't tell anything about the rest of the body since they only examined the nodes Back
Pertaining to the transfer of disease from one organ or part to another not directly connected with it
magical; "metastatic faith": faith that could alter reality "Metastatic faith is one of the great sources of disorder, if not the principle one, in the contemporary world; and it is a matter of life and death for all of us to understand the phenomenon and to find remedies against it before it destroys us "--OH1: xiii
spread of a disease from the organ or tissue of origin to another part of the body
Transmission of pathogenic microorganisms or cancerous cells from an original site to one or more sites elsewhere in the body, usually by way of the blood vessels or lymphatics
The tumour has spread to other parts of the body beyond the initial organ Metastatic sites may be near or distant from the original tumour