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How To Use metastasize In A Sentence

• In Iraq, U.S. forces swiftly defeated the enemy (the war was quick and didn't metastasize) but did not win decisively (a big reason why the military aftermath of Operation Iraqi Freedom has been so protracted). North Korea: The War Game
• Franzen spoke of Wallace's final months, when his depression had "metastasized" and phone conversations became lifelines. Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
• Among the most important varieties of the new breast cancer is the in situ tumor — the small, localized, almost nongrowing tumor that at the time of diagnosis has seemingly neither become invasive nor developed the capacity to metastasize. Good News and Bad News About Breast Cancer
• While the fiscal problems "aren't prompting long-term yields to surge at present, there could come a sudden tipping point with this kind of problem, and it could metastasize to a more serious phase," he said at a news conference. Japan Bond Yield Falls to 7-Month Low on Greece Concerns
• “The neoplasm grows rapidly, infiltrates, metastasizes, and remains true to type.” The Emperor of All Maladies
• The word "metastasized" was the one in the report that first caught my eye, and ear. Christopher Hitchens On Cancer: Hair Loss, 'Chemo-Poison,' & The 'Alien' Inside Him
• Spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro said the cancer was discovered on 22 December, and follow-up tests showed that it has not spread to her lymph nodes, nor has it metastasized. Cristina Kirchner to be treated for thyroid cancer
• This type of tumor can metastasize and can cause cystic endometrial hyperplasia.
• ‘Specific types of cancer often metastasize to specific other organs,’ he said.
• But breast tumors, not fatal by themselves, can metastasize to the lungs or other vital organs before they are large enough to be discovered by a mammogram — in which case the women is likely to die whether she has a mammogram or not. Rethinking the Mammogram Guidelines