Meanings
adjectivepremetastatic (not comparable)
alternative pre-metastatic
- not comparablePrior to metastasis.
Since metastasis is what kills patients with breast cancer, it is, of course, generally true that the ability to detect and remove premetastatic tumors saves womenʼs lives.
2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), pages 302–303
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